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__**Overview of Poverty**__

Poverty is an enormous problem which affects a large proportion of the world and can have devastating effects. Below are some statistics to give you an idea of the severity of the problem:
 * Nearly 3 billion people in the world today live on only 1 pound per day.
 * The GDP of the poorest 48 nations is less than the wealth of the world’s three richest people combined.
 * Almost a billion people entered the 21st century illiterate.
 * A few hundred millionaires now own as much wealth as the world’s poorest 2.5 billion people.