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The Poverty Depth Index in March 2016 increased to 1.94 from 1.84 in September 2015. This 2016 poverty index is also higher than in March 2015, which was 1.97. Meanwhile, the number of poor people in March 2016 actually decreased by 0.28 percent to 10.34 million compared to September 2015 and also decreased by 0.31 percent compared to March 2015.
Although the number of poor people decreased, the expenditure gap actually widened. This is driven by low consumption and not by an increase in the income of the poor. The Poverty Depth Index (or Poverty Gap Index) is an indicator used to measure the expenditure gap of each poor person relative to the poverty line. The higher the index value, the further the average expenditure of the population is from the poverty line.
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