Showing posts with label underdevelopment. Show all posts
Showing posts with label underdevelopment. Show all posts

Monday, July 19, 2010

Study: Half the World’s Poor Live in South Asia


A new study says more than half of the world’s poor live in South Asia, while a quarter live in Africa. According to the UN’s new multidimensional poverty index, there are more poor people in eight states in India than in all of sub-Saharan Africa.