Poverty Facts and Stats — Global Issues
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- Arianablake on 2009-12-11 - Tags no_tag
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- Honormoorman on 2009-12-03 - Tags poverty , global studies
- Ericfink on 2009-11-09 - Tags facts , poverty , world
- Mstephens13 on 2009-10-29 - Tags poverty
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me 1.1 billion people in developing countries have
inadequate access to water,
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Almost half the world — over three billion people — live on less than $2.50 a day.
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At least 80% of humanity lives on less than $10 a day
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At least 80% of humanity lives on less than $10 a day.
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At least 80% of humanity lives on less than $10 a day.
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More than 80 percent of the world’s population lives in countries where income differentials are widening.
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According to UNICEF, 25,000 children die each day due to poverty
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According to UNICEF, 25,000 children die each day due to poverty
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According to UNICEF, 25,000 children die each day due to poverty. And they “die quietly in some of the poorest villages on earth, far removed from the scrutiny and the conscience of the world. Being meek and weak in life makes these dying multitudes even more invisible in death.”Source 4
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According to UNICEF, 26,500-30,000 children die each day due to poverty.
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Around 27-28 percent of all children in developing countries are estimated to be
underweight or stunted.
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the Millennium Development Goals target of halving the proportion of underweight
children will be missed by 30 million ch
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Nearly a billion people entered the 21st century unable to read a book or sign
their names
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Less than one per cent of what the world spent every year on weapons was needed to put every child into school by the year 2000 and yet it didn’t happen.
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Less than one per cent of what the world spent every year on weapons was needed
to put every child into school by the year 2000 and yet it didn’t happen
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An estimated 40 million people are living with HIV/AIDS, with 3 million deaths
in 2004. Every year there are 350–500 million cases of malaria, with 1 million
fatalities: Africa accounts for 90 percent of malarial deaths and African
children account for over 80 percent of malaria victims worldwide
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Infectious diseases continue to blight the lives of the poor across the world. An estimated 40 million people are living with HIV/AIDS, with 3 million deaths in 2004. Every year there are 350–500 million cases of malaria, with 1 million fatalities: Africa accounts for 90 percent of malarial deaths and African children account for over 80 percent of malaria victims worldwide.Source 9
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me 1.1 billion people in developing countries have inadequate access to water,
and 2.6 billion lack basic sanitation
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1.8 billion people who have access to a water source within 1 kilometre, but not
in their house or yard, consume around 20 litres per day. In the United Kingdom
the average person uses more than 50 litres of water a day flushing toilets
(where average daily water usage is about 150 liters a day.
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Some 1.8 million child deaths each year as a result of diarrhoea
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For the 1.9 billion children from the developing world, there are:
- 640 million without adequate shelter (1 in 3)
- 400 million with no access to safe water (1 in 5)
- 270 million with no access to health services (1 in 7)
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Urban slum growth is outpacing urban growth by a wide margin
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In developing countries some 2.5 billion people are forced to rely on biomass—
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door air pollution resulting from the use of solid fuels [by poorer segments of
society] is a major killer. It claims the lives of 1.5 million people each year,
more than half of them below the age of five: that is 4000 deaths a day.
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The GDP (Gross Domestic Product) of the 41 Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (567 million people) is less than the wealth of the world’s 7 richest people combined.
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51 percent of the world’s 100 hundred wealthiest bodies are corporations.
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about 0.13% of the world’s population controlled 25% of the world’s financial assets
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For every $1 in aid a developing country receives, over $25 is spent on debt repayment.Source 22
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51 percent of the world’s 100 hundred wealthiest bodies are corporations.Source
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The wealthiest nation on Earth has the widest gap between rich and poor of any industrialized nation
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For economic growth and almost all of the other indicators, the last 20 years [of the current form of globalization, from 1980 - 2000] have shown a very clear decline in progress as compared with the previous two decades [1960 - 1980]. For each indicator, countries were divided into five roughly equal groups, according to what level the countries had achieved by the start of the period (1960 or 1980). Among the findings:
- Growth: The fall in economic growth rates was most pronounced and across the board for all groups or countries.
- Life Expectancy: Progress in life expectancy was also reduced for 4 out of the 5 groups of countries, with the exception of the highest group (life expectancy 69-76 years).
- Infant and Child Mortality: Progress in reducing infant mortality was also considerably slower during the period of globalization (1980-1998) than over the previous two decades.
- Education and literacy: Progress in education also slowed during the period of globalization.Source
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Consider the global priorities in spending in 1998
| Global Priority | $U.S. Billions |
|---|---|
| Cosmetics in the United States | 8 |
| Ice cream in Europe | 11 |
| Perfumes in Europe and the United States | 12 |
| Pet foods in Europe and the United States | 17 |
| Business entertainment in Japan | 35 |
| Cigarettes in Europe | 50 |
| Alcoholic drinks in Europe | 105 |
| Narcotics drugs in the world | 400 |
| Military spending in the world | 780 |
And compare that to what was estimated as additional costs to achieve universal access to basic social services in all developing countries:
| Global Priority | $U.S. Billions |
|---|---|
| Basic education for all | 6 |
| Water and sanitation for all | 9 |
| Reproductive health for all women | 12 |
| Basic health and nutrition | 13 |
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A mere 12 percent of the world’s population uses 85 percent of its water, and these 12 percent do not live in the Third World
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obal Priority
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These Global Priorities make me very sad and realize how selfish humans can be.
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However, it appears that much of the poverty reduction in the last couple of decades almost exclusively comes from China:
- China’s poverty rate fell from 85% to 15.9%, or by over 600 million people
- China accounts for nearly all the world’s reduction in poverty
- Excluding China, poverty fell only by around 10%
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The new poverty line of $1.25 a day was recently announced by the World Bank (in 2008). For many years before that it had been $1 a day. But the $1 a day used then would be $1.45 a day now if just inflation was accounted for.
The new figures from the World Bank therefore confirm concerns that poverty has not been reduced by as much as was hoped
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$2.50 represents a typical poverty level amongst many more developing countries.
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on 2008-12-13 by natelaney1