It's because of the weaselly way the west defines extreme poverty. It's living off of less than about $2 per day. So a homeless person in the US who finds/is given $5 every other day is technically not living in extreme poverty, despite the fact that they cannot afford food, housing, healthcare, or anything else they desperately need to survive.
It's because of the weaselly way the west defines extreme poverty. It's living off of less than about $2 per day. So a homeless person in the US who finds/is given $5 every other day is technically not living in extreme poverty, despite the fact that they cannot afford food, housing, healthcare, or anything else they desperately need to survive.