Evaluate the following statements by providing a brief explanation or analysis.

(a) The income gap ratio and the head count, as measures of poverty, may lead to very different uses of antipoverty resources by policy makers.

(b) World poverty shows a steadily diminishing trend all through the 1970s and 1980s.

(c) The poverty gap ratio and the income gap ratio focus attention on different aspects of the poverty problem.

(d) Both the poverty gap ratio and income gap ratio are insensitive to the inequality among the poor.

(e) The FGT indices (see Appendix) are increasingly sensitive to the income distribution among the poor, the greater is the value of α.