Global Priorities: Reproductive health for all women $12 Billion, Perfumes in Europe and the US $12 Billion.
Global Priorities: Water and sanitation for all $9 Billion, Alcoholic drinks in Europe $105 Billion.
Global Priorities: Basic Education for all $6 Billion, Military spending in the world $780 Billion.
Progress in education slowed during the period of globalization.
The new poverty line of $1.25 a day was announced by the World Bank in 2008. For years before that it had been $1 a day. The $1 a day used then would be $1.45 a day now if inflation was accounted for.
Approximately 790 million people in the developing world are still chronically undernourished.
In 1960, the 20% of the world’s people in the richest countries had 30 times the income of the poorest 20% — in 1997, 74 times as much.
At least 80% of humanity lives on less than $10 a day.
According to UNICEF, 25,000 children die each day due to poverty.
About 72 million children of primary school age in the developing world were not in school in 2005; 57 per cent of them were girls.
Nearly a billion people entered the 21st century unable to read a book or sign their names.
Less than one per cent of what the world spent every year on weapons was needed to put every child into school by the year 2000. It didn’t happen.
443 million school days are lost each year from water-related illness.
Sub-Saharan Africa loses about 5% of GDP ($28.4 billion annually), in health spending,productivity losses and labour diversions due to sanitation deficits. This exceeded total aid and debt relief to the region in 2003.
1.4 million children die each year from lack of access to safe drinking water and adequate sanitation.
Some 1.1 billion people in developing countries have inadequate access to water, and 2.6 billion lack basic sanitation.
Some 1.1 billion people in developing countries have inadequate access to water, and 2.6 billion lack basic sanitation.
15 million children are orphaned due to HIV/AIDS(similar to the total children population in Germany or United Kingdom).
The poorest 40 percent of the world’s population accounts for 5 percent of global income. The richest 20 percent accounts for three-quarters of world income.
The poorest 10% accounted for just 0.5% and the wealthiest 10% accounted for 59% of all the consumption.
Access to piped water into the household averages about 85% for the wealthiest 20% of the population, compared with 25% for the poorest 20%.
In 2005, the wealthiest 20% of the world accounted for 76.6% of total private consumption. The poorest fifth just 1.5%.
More than 660 million people live on less than $2 a day, and more than 385 million on less than $1 a day.
At least 80% of humanity lives on less than $10 a day.
According to UNICEF, 25,000 children die each day due to poverty.
