Just guessing here, but it would seem reasonable to define extreme poverty as deprivation that substantially impedes one&#x27;s ability to maintain a decent life expectancy. I might also include very poor access to (say) basic education.<p>&#x27;Poverty&#x27; is a rather broader definition, including issues like housing affordability, decent food variety, access to secondary&#x2F;higher education, perhaps life stability (for example, no access to permanent employment).