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construction, textile or carpet production); 8.4 million of them in the “unconditionally
worst” forms of child labour, “defined as slavery, trafficking, debt bondage and other
forms of forced labour, forced recruitment of children for use in armed conflict, prostitution
and pornography, and illicit activities”. People of colour and females bear a disproportionate
share of these deprivations.
Roughly one third of all human deaths – about 50 000 daily – are due to poverty-related
causes, easily preventable through better nutrition, safe drinking water, mosquito nets,
re-hydration packs, vaccines and other medicines. This amounts to 300 million deaths in
just the 16 years since the end of the Cold War – more than the 200 million deaths caused
by all the wars, civil wars, and government repression of the entire 20th century.
Never has poverty been so easily avoidable. The collective annual expenditure of the 2 735
million people living below the World Bank’s “$2 a day” poverty line is about $400 billion.
Their collective shortfall from that poverty line is roughly $300 billion per year. This is 1.1 per
cent of the gross national incomes of the high-income countries, which totals $27 732 billion.
from Thomas Pogge, “Poverty is a violation of human rights”, available at
www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=3717
Handouts
Pieces of cake – Number of people, by region
Pieces of cake
Each region receives the number of pieces of cake indicated in the last column. The two
middle columns are only for information and can be ignored. Oceania is also given for
information: you will not have this region.
Region of the world GDP* GDP as % of
total GDP
Number of
pieces of cake
China 7 505 600 000 000 13 4
Asia (without China) 13 998 897 000 000 25 8
Africa 2 092 300 800 000 4 1
Northern America 12 776 478 300 000 23 7
Latin America and Caribbean 4 299 879 000 000 8 2
Europe 14 244 444 000 000 26 8
Oceania 737 226 300 000 1.32 0
World total 55 654 825 400 000 100 32 (total)
*Figures are mostly for 2003-2004
Number of people, by region
If you have a group of 15 people, use the numbers in that column to tell you how many should
be in each region of the world. If you have 20 people, you use the next column. If you have
any number in between (16, 17 etc) then make a rough guess. The figures are anyway only
an approximation.
Region of the world Population Popn as %
of total
Group
of 15
Group
of 20
Group
of 30
China 1 329 289 289 20 3 4 6
Asia 2 672 344 701 40 6 8 12
Africa 934 499 752 14 2 3 4
Northern America 334 659 631 5 1 1 2
Latin America and Caribbean 568 110 471 9 1 2 3
Europe 729 861 490 11 2 2 3
Oceania 33 560 095 1 0 0 0
World 6 602 325 429 100 15 20 30
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