describe global poverty trends
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There has been substantial reduction in global poverty, but there are regional disparities as described below
(i) Poverty declined in China and South-East Asian countries as a result of rapid economic growth and huge investments in the development of human resources.
(ii) In Latin America and the Caribbean, the ratio of poverty remained almost the same.
(iii) In Sub-Saharan Africa, poverty saw an upward trend due to successive droughts. It rose from 51% in 1981 to 47% in 2008.
(iv) Poverty has again surfaced in some of the former socialist countries like Russia, where formerly it was non-existent.
Poverty and the high rate of
unemployment in developing countries
are the main reason for work of
children.
According to UN statistics from 2005,
more than a quarter of people in the
world live in extreme poverty.
Lack of access to regular education in
many countries; in 2006, about 75
million children left school
Violating child labour laws opens the
way for an increase in work of children
in all developing countries.
Inadequate social control gives rise to
work of children in agriculture or
domestic work.
Limited rights of children or workers
who affect to a large extent the
standards of job and living conditions in order to eliminate the work of child.
Small children get involved in the work
of children to increase the income of
their family to manage twice the food.
They are hired by industries to get
more work at a cost of workforce
reduced.