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Column 2: <strong>in</strong>come share poorest 40% (see above)<br />

Column 3: human development <strong>in</strong>dex, UNDP, 1995 (see above)<br />

The European Union at 50<br />

Column 4: real <strong>in</strong>come of <strong>the</strong> poorest 40% (column 1 * (column 2/40))<br />

Column 5: trend value for column 4 on <strong>the</strong> basis of a non-l<strong>in</strong>ear regression,<br />

expla<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong> real <strong>in</strong>comes of <strong>the</strong> poorest 40% by <strong>the</strong> human development <strong>in</strong>dex<br />

There is a clear trade-off between <strong>the</strong> size of <strong>the</strong> UNDP Human Development<br />

Index and <strong>the</strong> absolute <strong>in</strong>come of <strong>the</strong> poorest sections <strong>in</strong> society:<br />

Graph 7.2: human development and human poverty<br />

Our calculations were based on 65 countries of <strong>the</strong> world with complete data<br />

about real purchas<strong>in</strong>g power, <strong>the</strong> <strong>in</strong>come share of <strong>the</strong> poorest 40% and <strong>the</strong><br />

human development <strong>in</strong>dex. The rectangular dots correspond to <strong>the</strong> estimated<br />

Entelequia. Revista Interdiscipl<strong>in</strong>ar · CAEI Arno Tausch / 115

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