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Mass poverty continues to be one of the most important economic and social problems facing the world in the 21st century
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Mass poverty continues to be one of the most important economic and social problems facing the world in the 21st century. About 1.3 billion people, nearly a quarter of the world's population, continue to live in extreme poverty trying to survive on less than a dollar a day. Over half of these poor are in the Asia Pacific region. Even in countries that have been developing rapidly, many people are much worse off than people like us who live in the developed world. The challenge for most developing countries, is to provide their people with basics such as food, clean water and education for their children. These countries are in the process of developing their human and physical resources in order to improve the standard of living of their people. Meeting this challenge has proven to be no easy task. One way Australia can assist economic development in developing countries...
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