Especially for say, a upper middle class female living a fairly reasonable lifestyle. In fact, that lifestyle could seem rather luxurious compared to others" current standard of living. ... "In 1960 22% of all persons were below the poverty level in 1973 only 11% were; however by 1992, this figure had risen to 15% in terms of absolute numbers, there were nearly 37 million people in poverty in the U.S. in 1992, slight more than in 1960" (Leone pg. 34). Although the number of people living poverty is a major issue here in the U.S., it's a small piece of the whole issue of global poverty. ...

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Many of these countries are located below 20 degrees latitude. ... If distance and geography did not matter for economic development, the world would witness a much more even distribution of wealth and standards of living across regions and countries. ...

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Table 1 below, which relates to low income countries in Sub Saharan Africa gives us an indication of the kind of beneficial terms to which low income countries were given access to and highlights the fact that these already favourable terms actually improved over the years. ... Given the current situation of these heavily indebted poor countries, my aim is to highlight the urgent need for debt relief to be granted to the world's poorest nations so that they are not condemned to perpetual poverty, misery and underdevelopment as it is the case in Cote d"Ivoire, a small country on Afri...

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