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Critiquing Economic Policy with Distribution Data

A policymaker states: 'To reduce global poverty, our primary goal should be to increase the average income of the poorest nations. How income is distributed within those nations is a secondary issue.' A common visualization of global income shows countries arranged from poorest to richest by average income, with each country's internal income distribution displayed across ten population groups (deciles). Using the logic of such a visualization, critique the policymaker's statement. Explain why focusing only on average income might be an incomplete strategy for poverty reduction.

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