Two thirds of the population is living in poverty, of whom one third in extreme poverty.

One billion people live in abject poverty.

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.

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

Two hundred million people across that continent live in abject 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.

In the countries of the South, over 1 billion people lived in absolute 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.

Dirt poor, no money,

Let us, for example, consider Goal 1, reducing extreme poverty by half.

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

The growing number of people living in absolute poverty threatens political stability in many developing countries.

We are particularly alarmed by the fact that the number of people living in absolute poverty in our countries continues to grow.

The problem of poverty has intensified. A billion people live in penury, without adequate food and shelter.

People living under conditions of absolute poverty are as much in need of sustained emergency aid as those that are afflicted by floods or famine.

Income disparities have widened in many economies as has the number of people living in absolute poverty.

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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.

In addition, the report indicated that two thirds of Palestinians lived below the poverty line, and that one third of that number lived in extreme poverty.

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

Ensuring people living in extreme poverty some modicum of access to health services allows them to live productive lives.

One fifth of the world apos s population still lived in absolute poverty, and the economic situation of the least developed countries had not improved.

The majority of the people of Malawi live in extreme poverty.

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.

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

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

Today, more than 350 million Africans are living in abject poverty, more than half of them women and children.

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

If current trends continue, there will be more than 800 million people living in abject poverty by 2015.

90. The effects of conflict and drought on the already weakened economies of the Horn of Africa have increased the number of those living in extreme poverty.

It targets families in extreme poverty.

Resolution 37 8. Women in extreme poverty

Bihar represents the challenge of development abject poverty surrounded by corruption.

And we have most who lived in absolute poverty were Asians.

According to the World Bank, roughly 1.4 billion people live in extreme poverty (earning less than 1.25 day), and 2.6 billion in moderate poverty (less than 2 day).

Dirt poor, living in the home with my parents,

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

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.

For some Parties, a high percentage of the population live in absolute poverty.

Today, more than 1 billion people live in extreme poverty