Close to 50% of humanity, over three billion people, survive on less than $2.50 a day!
-Martin Ravallion, Shaohua Chen and Prem Sangraula, Dollar a day revisited, World Bank, May 2008.
Over 80% of humanity survives on less than $10 a day !
-Martin Ravallion, Shaohua Chen and Prem Sangraula, Dollar a day revisited, World Bank, May 2008.
The poorest 40% of the world's population accounts for 5% of global income! The richest 20 percent accounts for three-quarters of world income!
-2007 Human Development Report (HDR), United Nations Development Program, November 27, 2007, p.25.
According to UNICEF, 26,500-30,000 children die each DAY due to poverty. 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 invinsible in death."
About 72 million children of primary school age in the developing world were not in school in 2005; 57 % of them were girls. These are regarded as optimistic numbers.
-United Nations, Millennium Development Goals Report 2007
Nearly a billion people entered the 21st century unable to read a book or sign their names.
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