The widening gulf between the global haves and have-nots was starkly revealed last night when the United Nations announced that while the United States was booming in the 1990s more than 50 countries suffered falling living standards. The UN's annual human development report charted increasing poverty for more than a quarter of the world's countries, where a lethal combination of famine, HIV/Aids, conflict and failed economic policies have turned the clock back.
Related Link:
* Human Development Report urges global compact to achieve MDG's
http://www.undp.org/dpa/frontpagearchive/2003/july/8july03/index.html
* Full Report
http://www.undp.org/hdr2003/