Poverty

Did you know that …

• … seen globally, the gap between rich and poor increased in the last 10 years? The financial crisis compounded this development: Nowadays there are more millionaires than before the crisis. In 2010 Merrill Lynch puplished in their annual world wealth report that there are 10,9 millionairs worldwide. At the same time over 1.2 billion people live in extreme poverty.
• … the average life expectancy in the least developed countries is 57 years?
• … the money which people who live and work outside their home countries send to their families bring more than 300 billion dollars into the developing countries annually – three times greater than the entire development assistance?
• … the developing countries pay around 200 billion dollars annually in interest alone – much more than they receive in public development aid?
• … the Mexican Carlos Slim Helu is the richest person in the world? His assets are valued at an estimated 73 billion dollars. He overtakes Bill Gates with an estimated 64 billion Dollars.
• … around 5/6 of the world’s population lives in developing countries, but only about 1/7 of global healthcare finance reaches them?
• … women are more heavily affected by illiteracy then men? Around 2/3 of all people who cannot read and write are female.
• … worldwide 1 billion people live on less than 1 Dollar per day?
• … in the year 1960 Africa was a net exporter of food and today it has to import 1/3 of the crop?
• … more than 80 percent of farmers in Africa are women?
• … the increasing food prices are the most important reason for the hunger in the world?