...and former Chief Economist of the World Bank Joseph Stiglitz. "A growing divide between the haves and have-nots has left increasing numbers in the Third...poverty reduction made over the last decade of the 20th century, the actual number living in poverty has actually increased by almost 100 million. This...

...additional 100 million people fell below the poverty line. A growing divide between the have's and have-nots has left increasing numbers in the Third...dire poverty, living on less than a dollar a day." According to a recent study by the United Nations, more than 100 million people in the world's poorest...

...over 1987-98.21 World poverty has fallen dramatically in the past 30 years.23 Global Poverty Is Up! A growing divide between the haves and the have-nots...left increasing numbers in the Third World in dire poverty.18 Statements that global poverty is decreasing have no evidential justification . . .20 It...

...globalization can have on developing countries and especially the poor within those countries' (p. ix). . . 'A growing divide between the haves and the have-nots...dire poverty, living on less than a dollar a day' (p. 5). His book provides us with an invaluable examination of the current shortcomings in economic...

...get by on less than $1 a day.19 To quote Joseph Stiglitz, one-time chief economist of the World Bank: "Despite repeated promises of poverty reduction made...over the last decade of the twentieth century, the ... number of people in poverty has actually increased by an average of 2.5 percent annually."20 During...

...globalization has not brought the promised economic benefits. A growing divide between the haves and have-nots has left increasing numbers in the Third World in dire poverty." 15 There are of course numerous reasons why populations are displaced, and Michel Samuel has explored...