Four hundred million children under 13 years of age are living in extreme poverty worldwide, according to a new study released by the World Bank here Thursday.
That total constitutes fully one-third of the 1.2 billion people still living on less than the equivalent of 1.25 dollars a day, according to the report.
“All but three countries in the world have ratified the Convention on the Rights of the Child, which guarantees some access to basic social services for children, including basic social protection,” Jeffrey O’Malley, director of policy and strategy for the U.N. children’s agency UNICEF, told IPS. “The scale of children living in extreme poverty shows how far we are from fulfilling those rights.
“But it’s also important because, beyond the needs and rights of those children, their families, communities, and countries won’t reach their development potential, if the children don’t benefit from adequate food, nutrition, water, health care – all of which are essential to their intellectual and physical development into productive adults,” he said.
Indeed, the report found that half of all people living in absolute poverty in the world’s 35 poorest countries – most of them in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia – are 12 years old or less. Full story...
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That total constitutes fully one-third of the 1.2 billion people still living on less than the equivalent of 1.25 dollars a day, according to the report.
“All but three countries in the world have ratified the Convention on the Rights of the Child, which guarantees some access to basic social services for children, including basic social protection,” Jeffrey O’Malley, director of policy and strategy for the U.N. children’s agency UNICEF, told IPS. “The scale of children living in extreme poverty shows how far we are from fulfilling those rights.
“But it’s also important because, beyond the needs and rights of those children, their families, communities, and countries won’t reach their development potential, if the children don’t benefit from adequate food, nutrition, water, health care – all of which are essential to their intellectual and physical development into productive adults,” he said.
Indeed, the report found that half of all people living in absolute poverty in the world’s 35 poorest countries – most of them in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia – are 12 years old or less. Full story...
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