Cambridge and international development - The Humanitarian Centre

Why international development?
• In 2010, the chances of a mother dying in childbirth
are 100 times greater in the developing world than
they are in the UK. Most of these deaths are avoidable
• In 2005, 1.4 billion people around the world lived on
less than 1.25 dollars per day
• In 2008, 11% of the world’s children did not attend
primary school. *
* Data from the
UN Millennium
Development
Goals gateway,
www.un.org/
milleniumgoals/
news.shtml
Conflict, natural disasters and disease affect tens of
millions of the poorest and most vulnerable people in
developing countries each year. While progress is being
made, the global community has to do much more if we
are to see a world where everyone has an acceptable
standard of living and equal opportunities.
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