6. Introduction (Poverty) Almost half the world live on less than USD$2.50 a day. The poorest 40 percent of the world’s population makes up 5 percent of the global income, while the richest 20 percent accounts for three-quarters of world income.
7. Impact (Poverty) 50000 per day dies due to poverty related reasons. A total of 270 people have died since 1990. Homeless families make up of one third of the world’s urban population. Known as slum-dwellers, that is the main focus of poverty in the world.
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10. For most of history poverty had been mostly accepted as inevitable as traditional modes of production were insufficient to give an entire population a comfortable standard of living.