Causes of povery Question 2 B.

• Their are beyond 3 billion people that live on less than $2.50 a day.
• About a billion people came into the 21st century not able to read or write.
• In 2001 no more than 1percent of the world spent their money on weapons when they were supposed to put every child in school by 2000 but and it still didn't happen.
• 1 billion children live in poverty.
• 400 million cannot drink because of the unclean water.
• 270 million children have no doctors or dentists to keep them healthy.
• 10.6 million kids died in 2003 before they even got to age 5.
• 567 million people is less than 7 of the worlds richest peoples wealth combined.
• About 27 to 28 percent of all the children in developing countries are thought to be underweight. this usually happens in south Asia and Sub-saharan Africa.
• About 4 million people in countries that have extreme poverty have AIDS/HIV. In 2004 their was 3 million deaths.