The number of people living in extreme poverty remains high.

Some 10 million of them still live in poverty.

Fully 20 of the population lives in dire poverty.

Poverty is extreme, more so than in nearly all other countries of Africa.

As a consequence, more than a billion people continue to live in absolute poverty.

This testimony illustrates the lessons that pain has taught those who experience extreme poverty.

Harmonize efforts between aid agencies and economic authorities, including the World Bank and the WTO.

But the evictions took place in 2001, and the villagers are still living in extreme poverty.

The family lived in penury. The father died from ill treatment during the Cultural Revolution.

Of the 221 million classified as poor, 19 per cent are in a state of extreme poverty.

Third, the region is already living in extreme poverty, so adverse shocks push it toward calamity.

Least Developed Countries in Africa continue to have the highest proportion of people living in extreme poverty.

He was also interested in the fate of immigrants, many of whom lived in extreme poverty in the New York slums.

Yet, as we speak, more than 1 billion people continue to live in extreme poverty, and tens of thousands die from preventable diseases every day.

These testimonies were shared by international delegates as well as others speaking on behalf of those living in extreme poverty within the United States.

(a) Continue to strengthen its policies and programmes to combat the factors responsible for the increasing number of children living in extreme poverty

In Honduras, 64 per cent of households live in of poverty and 45 per cent live in extreme poverty.

The poverty rate is 59 61 , and almost 25 of the population lives in extreme poverty.

Notable in this connection is that the number of people living in extreme poverty in sub Saharan Africa has doubled.

Such policies had a profound impact on life in the occupied territories, where the economy had shrunk, leading to higher unemployment and wider poverty.

Some 40 of the world s 6.5 billion people live in poverty, and a sixth live in extreme poverty.

As a result, the percentage of Africa s population living in extreme poverty increased from 41.6 in 1981 to 46.9 in 2001.

Much of the so called Third World was either recently independent, or remained colonies all of it was very poor.

This lawless legality is all too common in a country where 85 of people live in abject poverty.

These children live mostly in remote areas, are indigenous or Afro descendants and live in extreme poverty.

Regarding the social dimension, it must be noted that despite high indexes of economic growth, the majority of the population lives in conditions of extreme poverty.

The central region has the highest rates of poverty (41 per cent) and extreme poverty (57.1 per cent).

The report nevertheless points out that this is only possible in countries which are not extremely poor but rather have pockets of poverty.

The World Youth Report 2005 states that sub Saharan Africa is home to large numbers of young people living in extreme poverty.

Ms. Kumela (Ethiopia) said that women in sub Saharan Africa still lived under extreme poverty and faced discrimination.

Around 48 of Nicaragua s population is mired in poverty, with 79.9 living on less than two dollars a day.

The case concerned Ms. Grootboom and others who were living in extremely poor conditions on illegally occupied private land earmarked for formal low cost housing.

There should be systemic and institutional changes that enable people living in extreme poverty to have a stronger voice in the implementation and evaluation of poverty eradication strategies.

The Committee expresses its concern at the high and increasing number of children living in poverty and extreme poverty in the State party, especially in rural areas.

At the same time, India remains very much an underdeveloped country, with hundreds of millions of illiterate, destitute citizens.

Globally, three quarters of people living in extreme poverty are in rural areas and depend on agriculture and related activities for their livelihoods.

It is among the fastest growing regions in the world, but it is also home to the largest concentration of people living in debilitating poverty, conflict, and human misery.

It remains a daunting journey, through areas little changed to this day, inaccessible, and desperately poor.

Two million Palestinians depended on food aid for survival and lived in absolute poverty, in other words on less than 2 a day.

As a consequence, a high percentage of the country's population, 45.8 per cent, is living in poverty, while 15.1 per cent of the total population lives in extreme poverty.

Of the female population living in extreme poverty, 92.1 per cent are working in the informal sector, by comparison with 66.1 per cent of men in the same situation.

The situation of women had improved in some spheres, but many women still lived in conditions of extreme poverty and suffered from the effects of armed conflict, discrimination, violence and illiteracy.

Given that 70 per cent of people in extreme poverty live in rural areas, renewed focus should be placed on rural and agricultural development.

Needless to say, neither candidate thought it worthwhile to put forward a proposal to assist the more than one billion people living in extreme poverty.

All the surveys and studies conducted in Nicaragua, whether by the Government or by private institutions, indicate that poverty is highly concentrated in rural areas, which are home to 61.7 per cent of the country's non indigent poor population and 76 per cent of its indigent population.