UNITED NATIONS (AP) — More than 1 billion people in the world live in acute poverty, over half are children and nearly 40 percent live in conflict-torn and fragile countries, according to a report released Thursday.
A DISPLACED CHILD lines up for food distribution in Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip, Thursday, Oct. 17, 2024. UNITED NATIONS — More than 1 billion people in the world live in acute poverty, over half are children and nearly 40 percent live in conflict-torn and fragile countries, according to a report released Thursday.
According to the index, 1.1 billion people live in acute poverty, with nearly half in five countries: India with 234 million impoverished people, Pakistan with 93 million, Ethiopia with 86 million, Nigeria with 74 million, and Congo with 66 million. Pedro Conceição, director of the U.N. Development Program office that produces its annual Human Development Report, said: “By overlaying conflict data with global MPI data for the first time, the report reveals the stark realities of those simultaneously enduring conflict and poverty.”
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