Questions About Poverty

1. How many poor families in the United States cant afford to eat?
*About 15 million children -- one out of every four -- live below the official poverty line.(www.heartsandminds.org)
*Among the 21 most affluent nations, the United States has the highest percentage of poor children.
2. How many poor people live in homeless shelters vs. the streets?
3. What is the leading cause of poverty?
*In addition, developing nation governments are required to open their economies to compete with each other and with more powerful and established industrialized nations. To attract investment, poor countries enter a spiraling race to the bottom to see who can provide lower standards, reduced wages and cheaper resources. This has increased poverty and inequality for most people. It also forms a backbone to what we today call globalization. (www.globalissues.org)
4. What countries are the poorest?
*World Top 10 - Poorest Countries
Country - GDP
Democratic Republic of Congo- 300
Zimbabwe - 500
Liberia - 500
Guinea-Bissau - 600
Somalia - 600
Comoros - 600
Solomon Islands - 600
Niger - 700
Ethiopia - 700
Central African Republic - 700

5. What continent is the poorest?
*Regardless of political or geographic designation, however, Africa suffers from the overall highest rate of poverty in the world. Of the continent's fifty-four countries, thirty-four—all typically considered to be part of sub-Saharan Africa—are on the UN's list of least developed countries. (www.libraryindex.com)
6. What ethnicity makes up the most poor population in the United States?
7. Out of men, women and children who makes up the poor population?
Children and families are the fastest growing group in the homeless population, representing 40%.(www.heartsandminds.org)