guest_writer 0 2006-11-26T00:00:00Z The World Bank - which has to be applauded for having made the first such attempt started making international comparisons of poverty only about two decades back. For obvious reasons of convenience it developed two simple notions of poverty. The US Treasury being the power behind the institution, and the dollar being the reserve currency by de... Aseem 26774 false false false false 2006-11-26T00:00:00Z Shrivastava 11489 2670 0 1 20 cents a day india-on-20-cents-a-day-by-aseem-shrivastava India on 20 cents a day 2009-09-24T09:23:50Z 10890