2. Poorest 40 % = 5 % world income (10 people in this class) VS. Richest 20 % = 75% world income (5 people in this class)  80 % of world’s population live in countries where income differentials are widening.  UNICEF: 22,000 children die each day due to poverty

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4. Estimated minimum level of income needed to secure the necessities of life. In SA… $1 a day/R330 a month per person  53 % - 1995  58 % - 2001  48 % - 2008  61 % of women and 31% of men live in poverty.

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10. 30 million children.  Current trends - target of halving underweight children will be missed by 30 million children.  < 1% of world spend on weapons = education for every child…  Each year: 350–500 million cases of malaria, 1 million fatalities.

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15.  China’s poverty rate 85% to 15.9% (600 million people)  China = nearly all the world’s reduction in poverty