Introduction
Nearly every country in the world has people living in what the world bank calls “absolute poverty.” According to ThinkQuest, 2.7 billion people were living on less than $2 per day and 1.1 billion people were living on less than $1 per day as of 2001.
This is regarded by many as a problem, especially considering that there are other very wealthy and industrialized countries, creating an income disparity. Even those considered to be poor in wealthy countries are living at a standard well above those in true poverty elsewhere across the globe.