- Background for Teachers
- Part 1: What Is Poverty and Who Are the Poor?
- Part 1: Overhead Transparency Masters
- Map 1: Low, Middle, and High Income Nations
- Table 1: Per Capita Income of the World's Poorest Nations
- Table 2: World Poverty / Consumption Measure
- Map 2: Poverty Lines, 2001
- Figure 1: Share of World Population in Poverty, 1820-1998
- Figure 2: Number of People Living on Less Than $1 a Day, 1820-1998
- Figure 3: Decline in Poverty in India and China Since1977
- Table 3: Comparison of Changes # of Poor in Asia and Africa Since 1987
- Figure 4: Impact of Income Redistribution
- Figure 5: Impact of Economic Growth
- Table 4: Income Distribution by Quintiles of Nations
- Figure 6: Avg. Income Shares of the Poorest 10% and 20% of Nation's Population Among Quintiles of World Nations Ranked by GNI Per Capita
- Figure 7: Avg. Income Shares of the Poorest 10% of Nation's Population Among Quintiles of World Nations Ranked by Index of Economic Freedom
- Figure 8: Income Distribution vs. Income Level
- Figure 9: Poverty Reduction Related to Growth: Contemporary Examples
- Appendix 1: Relative Povery and Distribution of Income
- Appendix 1: Overhead Transparency Masters
- Figure 1: Example: More Equal vs. More Unequal Distribution of Income
- Figure 2: Example: Determining Income Distribution by Quintile
- Figure 3: Lorenz Curves - More Equal vs. More Unequal Distributions of Income
- Table 1: Increased Affordability of Household Appliances, 1910-1997
- Table 2: Ownership of Consumer Durables by U.S. Poor
- Table 3: Ownership of Consumer Durables by Poor in Great Britain
- Figure 4: Pie Chart - American Income Distribution by Fifths, 2001
- Table 4: U.S. Household Income Distribution by Fifths, 1968-2001
- Table 5: Changes in Income Rankings in the U.S., 1975-1992
- Figure 6: Changes in Individual Living Standards Not Reflected in Averages by Quintile
- Part 2: Capitalism - Institutional Building Blocks
- Appendix 2: Social Indicators of Poverty
- Appendix 2: Overhead Transparency Masters
- Sources
- Student Activities
