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social transfer values
Coverage of social transfer values in the Nexus archive.
- Hong Kong to use 21 indicators to define poor after dropping income metric
Hong Kong will replace its income-based poverty metric with a 21-indicator framework, aiming to provide a more accurate assessment by factoring in public housing and healthcare expenditures. The government introduced the concept of 'social transfer values' in a 224-page report to reflect income gains from subsidized public services.