According to official statistics, Chinese government policies have helped to reduce the number of Chinese living in absolute poverty by more than 200 million since 1978.
Even if many of these middling poor move up, their places are often taken by those who have just escaped from absolute poverty; population growth does the rest.
The people living in families in absolute poverty are 4 million and 742 thousand and have increased dramatically compared to 2007:+ 165,1%,+ 3 million.
Growing up in conditions of absolute poverty has even more serious consequences, threatening children's survival and their health, as well as undermining the basic quality of life.
Before the crisis, the percentage of people who were ultra 65enni in absolute poverty was higher than that of people of all other age groups, while today it is the lowest: 3,8% against 12,5% among minors and 10,0% for 18- 34enni.
After the 21-month study conducted by the Royal Society on issues relating to global population, the findings showed that the most developed and emerging economies must stabilize and then reduce material consumption levels to help the poorest 1.3 billion people to escape absolute poverty.
According to the World Food Program,“54 percent of the population lives below the national poverty line; 63 percent of rural children live in absolute poverty; and 34 percent of households are food insecure and face perpetual hunger.”.
One of the targets of sustainable development goals states that“end all forms of poverty everywhere”, and eradicating the extreme poverty of living on less than$ 1.25 a day(absolute poverty) is an urgent international issue.
About 40 million live in poverty, 18.5 million in extreme poverty, and 5.3 million live in Third World conditions of absolute poverty,” United Nations Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, in his recently-released report.
Although the number of people living in absolute poverty has been reduced to 27 percent of world population from 46 percent in 1990 and the global economy has grown 75 percent since 1992, improved lifestyles and changing consumer habits have put natural resources under increasing strain.
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