American Diplomacy Commentary and Analysis  September 2005
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recaps the world's problem of Poverty and hunger, citing facts
and figures to Illustrate the “disgraceful situation.” It
constitutes a sobering story, one that needs to be repeated
often.– Ed.  Combatting Global Poverty  One of the greatest
human tragedies of our time is that millions of people die of
want in a world of surplus every year. Global poverty is a
horrible story not told quite often. One billion people around
the world live on less than one dollar a day, and three billion
live on less than three dollars a day. More than one billion
people lack clean water, and 2.4 billion lack sanitation
facilities. Five million children die from hunger and over
twelve million people are forced into prostitution yearly.
Poverty forces millions more children to drop out of school
every year. The average life expectancy of someone born i