Rich And Poor

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Some interesting facts on the rich and poor in the world ...

 

http://newint.org/fe...rich-the-facts/

 

I didn't realize that the US has the highest poverty in the industrialised world according to the human poverty index, Ireland was slightly better followed by the United Kingdom. Although a suggestion has been put forward by one of the worlds richest men as to a solution on the devide between rich and poor in America.

 

http://www.forbes.co...se-tax-credits/

 

The Rich

 

The world’s 225 richest people have a combined wealth of over $1million million. Only four per cent of this wealth – $40 billion – would be enough for basic education and healthcare, adequate food and safe water and sanitation for all the world’s people.

 

The Poor

 

More than a thousand million people still live in poverty, a tenth of them in the industrialized world. Of the 4,400 million people in the Majority World, nearly 60% lack basic sanitation and more than 30% have no access to clean water.

 

25% do not have adequate housing. 20% have no access to modern health services. Two thousand million women are anaemic (including 55 million in the industrial world). 20% of children in the world do not attend school to grade five.

 

The higher the percentage figure, the greater the poverty in that country.