Question

what is the Headcount index of India and Brazil ？

what is the Total poverty gap of India and Brazil ？

what is the Average income shortfall of India and Brazil？

what is the average poverty gap of India and Brazil？

what is The Foster-Greer-Thorbecke Index (Aside from p0) of india and Brazil？

（Please make sure to mention the year of the statistics and the cutoff point (poverty line）

Answer 1

In 2011 data based, the total poverty gap of India is stable and constant 22.5 in a day.which not decrease or increase during of some previous 20 years. But In the case of brazil 1.90 which is very decreasing for previous years. So we can conclude that poverty head count index of India is only having improvement in reducing poverty in Brazil that is very different in both these countries.

2) The intensity is measured with the help of poverty gap which the india 's 7.5 % intensity.and the brazil which have 3.2% based on data .

3) income shortfall or inequality which very increased observed mostly in urban areas.And also the brazil also face this problem to the income shortfall in average measure of 9% and try to reducing this also.

4) The average poverty gap means the avearage or mean income of poor lies below the poverty line. And also the population taken as average or median households.and in Brazil it lies between 3-4 and in india it lies between 20-23 .

FGT measures mainly the poverty measures of three economics foster and Greer and thorbecke . It is multidimensional poverty measure to measure the poverty in based on various parameters.