as shown in the table below there are differences at several stages of the process although the overall procedure remains the same medicidndelapobrezaporingresostactualitacidn metodoiogica y resultados icfub p december food and agriculture organization of the united nationsworld health organizationunited nations university ifaoomsainui human vitamin and mineral requirements report of a joint faqwhounu expert consultation between and and again between and the poverty rate fell far enough to offset population growth which led to a reduction in the absolute number of people living in poverty in both these periods between and the rise in the poverty rate and growth in the population reinforced each other so that the absolute number of people living in poverty rose more than the poverty rate see figure ii