We expect these poor countries to “develop”, but how can they hope to escape such a situation when their population is in abominable physical condition? Approximately 790 million people in developing world are still chronically undernourished, almost two-thirds of whom reside in Asia and Pacific. We hear that education is key, yet nearly a billion people entered 21st century unable to read a book or sign their names.

In 1960, 20% of population in world’s richest countries had 30 times income of poorest 20% - in 1997, 74 times as much. An analysis of long-term trends shows distance between richest and poorest countries was approximately (Source: www.globalissues.org):

- 3 to 1 in 1820 - 11 to 1 in 1913 - 35 to 1 in 1950 - 44 to 1 in 1973 - 72 to 1 in 1992

20% of population in developed nations consume 86% of world’s goods. The top fifth of world’s people in richest countries enjoy 82% of expanding export trade and 68% of foreign direct investment - bottom fifth has access to barely more than 1%.

Poverty is not only a problem for Third World countries. The United States, wealthiest nation on Earth, has widest gap between rich and poor of any industrialized nation.

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