A PROSPEROUS TIME IN LIFE BUT POVERTY PERSISTS
we live in a prosperous world. Do you find that hard to believe? Actually, some nations cannot spend all their money. It has been estimated that the 2005 gross world product, total value of goods and services produced in that year, exceeds $60 trillion. That vast production, spread over earth's population, comes to about $9000 for each person now alive. And is increasing.
But global prosperity is part of a great irony. According to a recent United Nations publication, the wealth of the world's three richest individuals is greater than the gross domestic product of the 48 poorest nations. And the UN development programme that 2.5 billion people are trying to survive on less than $2 a day. Hundreds of millions are under-nourished and cannot obtain clean drinking water. Then can you see with me that we are living in a life where the money for good life is there but still problem persists? Think about it!
But global prosperity is part of a great irony. According to a recent United Nations publication, the wealth of the world's three richest individuals is greater than the gross domestic product of the 48 poorest nations. And the UN development programme that 2.5 billion people are trying to survive on less than $2 a day. Hundreds of millions are under-nourished and cannot obtain clean drinking water. Then can you see with me that we are living in a life where the money for good life is there but still problem persists? Think about it!
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