The World Bank estimates that 1.44 billion people live in extreme poverty and subsist on an average of US $1.25 or less a day. But extreme poverty is more than a lack of money or material resources. It is a condition whereby an individual lacks the opportunity to make meaningful choices that will sustain-ably improve his or her life. By this definition, the Multidimensional Poverty Index estimates that 1.6 billion people are living in extreme poverty.
Not only is extreme poverty a crushing and often deadly condition, but it is also a contributing factor to many of the world’s biggest problems: HIV/AIDS, child slavery, unsafe drinking water, corruption, the spread of Ebola, and 21st century terrorism and insurgency.
Not only is extreme poverty a crushing and often deadly condition, but it is also a contributing factor to many of the world’s biggest problems: HIV/AIDS, child slavery, unsafe drinking water, corruption, the spread of Ebola, and 21st century terrorism and insurgency.
Source: http://www.nuruinternational.org/why/extreme-poverty/
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