Clipmarks
   
  
   
katsteevnsfollowshare
6-15-2008 6:36 AM
266 views
katsteevns says:
For the 1.9 billion children from the developing world, there are:

* 640 million without adequate shelter (1 in 3)
* 400 million with no access to safe water (1 in 5)
* 270 million with no access to health services (1 in 7)
1.6 billion people — a quarter of humanity — live without electricity
For every $1 in aid a developing country receives, over $25 is spent on debt repayment.Source 22
The poorer the country, the more likely it is that debt repayments are being extracted directly from people who neither contracted the loans nor received any of the money.
“Approximately 790 million people in the developing world are still chronically undernourished, almost two-thirds of whom reside in Asia and the Pacific.”
Login to Comment.  Not a member yet? Sign up
Embed This Clip In Your Site...

New from the makers of Clipmarks:  Amplify.com - Don't just share the news...Amplify it!

OK