Besides from the economic crisis that affected Colombia in 2009, it was indicated that poverty rate decreased, their autonomous downward trend, highlighting the reduction of extreme poverty for the period between 2008 and 2009, according to the National Planning Department, following a report of the Mission Series Junction Employment, Poverty and Inequality (MESEP). The results of independent income poverty do not incorporate the impact of poverty alleviation of the social programs of the state. According to the Mission for the splicing of the Series the employment, Poverty and Inequality Mesep, involving the DANE and DNP, poverty in Colombia was no longer at 46% in 2008 to 45.5% in 2009 in relation to extreme poverty or indigence fell from 17 8% figure belonging to two years ago to 16.4% in 2009.
According Mesep, inequality, measured through the Gini coefficient rose from 0.589 in 2008 to 0.578 in 2009 the poor in the country arrive at a figure of 19'899 144 people, most are mired in extreme poverty or indigence 7'159.172. For taking on these results the Mission through a standard categorizes the poor people where is attributed to that individual receiving monthly income below 281,384 dollars, is considered indigent to a person whose monthly income is less than 120,588 pesos. Within these ranges are also considered poor households consisting of four members whose incomes are below 536 1'125 pesos. It is considered living in poverty families consisting of four members where your monthly income is below the 482 352 dollars.

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