Monday, May 21, 2012

Poverty in Pakistan

10% of the population holds over 80% of the country’s total wealth. The average person in the country is living below the poverty line, of less than $2 a day.

 In the marketplace today, prices of commodities have increased. A labourer’s daily wage is not even half of his daily cost. Medicines are expensive and fuel prices beyond comprehension. A father cannot afford private schooling for his child and government schools do not have teachers who can teach or provide clean water to a child as minimum standards stand compromised. In Pakistan, an average child cannot afford to drink six clean glasses of water per day. Pakistan. today, has one of the highest food insecurity numbers within the developing world nations.

According to the World Bank’s food price watch, a further 10% increase in global prices could drive an additional 10 million people below the extreme poverty line. A 30% price hike could lead to another 34 million more poor. This is in addition to the 44 million people who are already below.

 Worldwide, there are 1.2 billion people living below the poverty line of US $1.25 a day.

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