POPULATION, DEVELOPMENT, HUNGER,

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POPULATION, DEVELOPMENT, HUNGER, DESEASE Or
HOW TO KILL MILLIONS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING

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World Population 8000 BCE 2050 AD
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World Population 1800 - 2050
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• Half of the worlds population (3 billion) now
  live on 2 a day or less
• Urban growth is fastest among poor populations
• Life expectancy at birth in the least-developed
  countries is under
• 50 years, compared to 77 in richer countries.
• Women in the poorest countries, and the poorest
  women within these
• countries, face a risk of death as a result of
  pregnancy up to
• 600 times higher than their better-off
  counterparts.

U.N. Population Fund (UNPFA)
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23.4 of World Population (1.3 Billion) Living
On Less Than a Dollar a Day
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Human Development Report 1999 Overview United
Nations Development Program (UNDP)

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Human Development Report 1999 Overview United
Nations Development Program (UNDP)

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Human Development Report 1999 Overview United
Nations Development Program (UNDP)

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Human Development Report 1998 Overview Consumption
for Human Development United Nations Development
Program (UNDP)

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• Total private consumption expenditures (the
  purchase of currently produced goods and services
  out of after tax income, out of net worth
  savings, or from borrowed funds)
• - Top 20 in highest-income countries account
  for 86
• - Remaining Bottom 80 account for 12.7
• - Poorest 20 a minuscule 1.3.
• More specifically, the richest fifth
• Consume 45 of all meat and fish, the poorest
  fifth 5.
• Consume 58 of total energy, the poorest fifth
  less than 4.
• Have 74 of all telephone lines, the poorest
  fifth 1.5.
• Consume 84 of all paper, the poorest fifth
  1.1.
• Own 87 of the world's vehicle fleet, the
  poorest fifth 1.

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Human Development Report 1998 Overview Consumption
for Human Development United Nations Development
Program (UNDP)

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20th / 21st Century Famines
20th Century Total 44 million     38.2
million currently people face
starvation Southern Africa 16.4
million Greater Horn 17.9 million
Great Lakes 2.7 million
Western Sahel 448,000 West
Africa 791,000     Source
U.N. World Food Program
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