8. Estimated so-called Poverty Gaps are increasingly used as indicators of the

development status of countries.

a. Describe three commonly used such "gap-indicators", either with the help of simple

graphs or formulas (or both).

b. In principle, the size of a given gap can decline (or increase) in response to changes

in three parameters. Which are these three parameters?

Answer: Use the definition of TPG to answer this question.