Dec 9 2007
Impact of Poverty - END Poverty NOW!
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Around the world Over 327 million people live in slums areas(below poverty line)
The World Bank defines extreme poverty as living on less than US$1 per day, and moderate poverty as less than $2 a day, estimating that “in 2001, 1.1 billion people had consumption levels below $1 a day and 2.7 billion lived on less than $2 a day.” The proportion of the developing world’s population living in extreme economic poverty fell from 28 percent in 1990 to 21 percent in 2001. Looking at the period 1981-2001, the percentage of the world’s population living on less than $1 per day has halved.
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aksn1p3r said:
would be nice if people contributed to the needy instead of giving expensive gifts to those who have more than they can handle, this xmas
December 15th, 2007 at 12:25 pm
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