Intro+G16

=//**__Introduction to Poverty__**//=


 * 1) Did you know half the worlds' population live on less than a dollar a day?
 * 2) Did you know the GDP (Gross Domestic Product) of the poorest 48 nations (i.e. a //quarter// of the world’s countries) is less than the wealth of the world’s three richest //people// combined?
 * 3) Did you know nearly a billion people entered the 21st century unable to read a book or sign their names?
 * 4) Did you know less than one per cent of what the world spent every year on weapons was needed to put every child into school by the year 2000 and yet it didn't happen.