摘要：The extent and depth of poverty in the developing world is adisgrace. Over 1.1 billion people--30 percent of the population--live in absolutepoverty, with only a dollar a day or less per person to meet food, shelter, andother needs. Not surprisingly, hunger, malnutrition, and associated diseases arewidespread: more than 700 million people do not have access to sufficient foodto lead healthy, productive lives; millions more live on the edge of hunger; andmore than 180 million preschool children are significantly underweight. Everysecond person in South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa is absolutely poor. Unlessconcerted action is taken now, poverty is not expected to diminish much in thenear future. South Asia will continue to be home to half the developing world'spoor, and Sub-Saharan Africa, where the number of poor is projected to increase40 percent between 1990 and 2000, will emerge as an increasingly important locusof poverty.
