You seem to have an odd idea of what poverty means.

Extreme poverty means that levels of crime, especially in the capital Niamey, are high.

He had not properly appreciated before what poverty and death could mean to a family.

For a woman to see an old dilapidated one, means poverty and disagreeableness for her.

Diabetes bears an inverse relationship to income, for poverty usually means less access to fresh food, exercise and health care.

Officially, poverty means an income of $17,029 or less for a family of four.

The trends, the numbers, the percentages obscure the simple fact that poverty means exclusion.

Now don't say it's a silly, sentimental story, that's what poverty means in real terms to actual people.

Into the 1980's, people joked that poverty meant you didn't have an RV or a boat.

Higher poverty gap index means the poverty is more severe.