Near poor is used to refer to the category of citizens who are living on an income that is just barely above the poverty line. <em>Worldwide, the number of people classified as near-poor has decreased over time, but this is due to an increase in the number of people that now fall below the poverty line.</em> The cost of living keeps going up with increased global activities, and the same income that was sufficient for an individual or family in the past is now not sufficient; due to increase in child care cost, housing cost, food cost, cost of caring for the elderly, etc. Near-poor and poverty are a global threat, and global efforts are been put together to fight back the progressing trend.
