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Re: Definition of Low Income Posted by: Stephanie Schmidt, Ashoka's Full Economic Citizenship initiative

September 7, 2005

Dear Jennifer,

Thank you for your comment. We agree that the definition of low income varies from country to country. As most of our focus in this competition is on developing countries, we defined low income accordingly to these countries' poverty level.

However, the geographical scope of this Award is global. The project that you mentioned might be a very interesting entry and we certainly welcome your application.

Thank you, Stephanie