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Box 5.17: The numbers given under “Poverty Deficit Curve (D(z))” and “Poverty Severity Curve (S(z))” in Table B5.17.1 are the cumulative values, not the areas, as required for the deficit and severity curves (described on pp. 257-261). The corrected table is as follows.