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| Although the most severe poverty is in the developing world,
there is evidence of poverty in every region. In developed
countries, this condition results in wandering homeless people
and poor suburbs and ghettos. Poverty may be seen as the
collective condition of poor people, or of poor groups, and in
this sense entire nation-states are sometimes regarded as poor.
To avoid stigma these nations are usually called developing
nations. Absolute vs relative povertyEdit When measured, poverty
may be absolute or relative poverty. Absolute poverty refers to
a set standard which is consistent over time and between
countries. An example of an absolute measurement would be the
percentage of the population eating less food than is required
to sustain the human body (approximately 2000-2500 calories per
day). Relative poverty, in contrast, views poverty as socially
defined and dependent on social c