1. Poverty in the US Who is considered to be living in poverty? 2010 Poverty Thresholds, Selected Family Types Single Individual Under 65 years$ 11,344 65 years & older$ 10,458 Single Parent One child$ 15,030 Two children$ 17,568 Two Adults No children$ 14,602 One child$ 17,552 Two children$ 22,113 Three children$ 26,023

2. Poverty Facts 1. Half of the world – nearly 3 billion people live on less than two dollars a day, and have no access to sanitation 2. 1.3 billion people live on less than one dollar a day, and have no access to clean water. 3. The world’s three richest people have more wealth than the poorest 48 countries of the world combined. 4. Richer countries are getting richer relative to poorer countries From 3 to 1 income in 1820 To72 to 1 now 5. It is estimate that if you wake up in the morning with a roof over your head and food to eat you are more wealthy than 80 percent of the world. 20 percent of the population consume 86 percent of the world’s goods

3. 6. 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 and yet it didn't happen. This amount is about $10 billion. Note, consumers in the U.S. and Europe spent $17 billion on pet food. 7. What causes some countries to be so rich and others to be so poor? Even within a developed country there are large gaps between the rich and the poor. 8. CEOs running 100 of the USA's biggest companies pulled in median 2002 compensation of $33.4 million 9. There are 2.2 billion children in the world, approximately 1 billion of them live in poverty. 10. The average Fortune 100 CEO makes 845 times more than the average worker

4. Some factors of poverty education natural resources attitudinal differences corruption government knowledge poor economic conditions

5. Solutions (pros and cons) education opportunities benevolent leadership knowledge – free media government assistance

6. Children Under 18 Living in Poverty, 2010 Category Number (in thousands) Percent All children under 18 16, 40122.0 White only, non- Hispanic 5,00212.4 Black4,81738.2 Hispanic6,11035.0 Asian54713.6

8. 1 Luxembourg $ 58,9002004 est. 2 United States $ 40,1002004 est. 3 Guernsey $ 40,0002003 est. 4 Norway $ 40,0002004 est. 5 Jersey $ 40,0002003 est. 6 British Virgin Islands $ 38,5002004 est. 7 Bermuda $ 36,0002003 est. 8 San Marino $ 34,6002001 est. 9 Hong Kong $ 34,2002004 est. 10 Switzerland $ 33,8002004 est. 11 Cayman Islands $ 32,3002004 est. 12 Denmark $ 32,2002004 est. 13 Ireland $ 31,9002004 est. 14 Iceland $ 31,9002004 est. 15 Canada $ 31,5002004 est. 16 Austria $ 31,3002004 est. 17 Australia $ 30,7002004 est. 18 Belgium $ 30,6002004 est. 19 United Kingdom $ 29,6002004 est. 20 Netherlands $ 29,5002004 est.

9. 21 Japan $ 29,4002004 est. 22 Finland $ 29,0002004 est. 23 France $ 28,7002004 est. 24 Germany $ 28,7002004 est. 25 Man, Isle of $ 28,5002003 est. 26 Sweden $ 28,4002004 est. 27 Aruba $ 28,0002002 est. 28 Gibraltar $ 27,9002000 est. 29 Singapore $ 27,8002004 est. 30 Italy $ 27,7002004 est. 31 Monaco $ 27,0002000 est. 32 European Union $ 26,9002004 est. 33 Andorra $ 26,8002003 est. 34 Taiwan $ 25,3002004 est. 35 United Arab Emirates $ 25,2002004 est. 36 Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) $ 25,0002002 est. 37 Liechtenstein $ 25,0001999 est. 38 Brunei $ 23,6002003 est. 39 Spain $ 23,3002004 est. 40 New Zealand $ 23,2002004 est.

10. 41 Qatar $ 23,2002004 est. 42 Faroe Islands $ 22,0002001 est. 43 Greece $ 21,3002004 est. 44 Kuwait $ 21,3002004 est. 45 Guam $ 21,0002000 est. 46 Israel $ 20,8002004 est. 47 Cyprus $ 20,3002004 est. 48 Greenland $ 20,0002001 est. 49 Slovenia $ 19,6002004 est. 50 Macau $ 19,4002003 51 Bahrain $ 19,2002004 est. 52 Korea, South $ 19,2002004 est. 53 Malta $ 18,2002004 est. 54 Portugal $ 17,9002004 est. 55 Bahamas, The $ 17,7002004 est. 56 Puerto Rico $ 17,7002004 est. 57 French Polynesia $ 17,5002003 est. 58 Virgin Islands $ 17,2002002 est. 59 Czech Republic $ 16,8002004 est. 60 Barbados $ 16,4002004 est.

11. Why do countries differ?