eradicating extreme poverty ted x_bristol
DESCRIPTION
TRANSCRIPT
Eradicating extreme poverty
Judith Randel:Executive Director of Development Initiatives
TedXBristol: September 15th, 2012
Extreme $1.25 a day poverty is falling: from 40% in 1981, to 25% in 2008
2015 & 2025: World Bank projections
Source: Rowntree studies in York, UK: 1899/1936/1950
27.5% 18%
1.5%
A percentage of UK population was living in absolute poverty as recently as 1950
If nothing changes, it will be 2080 before extreme poverty is eradicated
Brazil: committed to eradicate absolute poverty by 2015
How long does it take a UK citizen to earn the annual income in...
DRC: 2 days
Bihar, India: 5
days
India: 13.5 days
Burundi: 1.8 days
DRC: £0.28
Burundi £0.31
Daily income around the world
Buruni : £0.31
Somalia: £0.12
Aid as % of public expenditure (2010)
0.31%
2.42%
1.94 %
1.83%1.2%
0.89%
0.83%
0.75%
0.57%
0.51%
0.50%
0.37%
0.29%
Buruni : £0.31
Somalia: £0.12
% of GNI spent on aid in 2011 by DAC aid donor countries
0.31%
About Development Initiatives
Our vision is the end of absolute poverty by 2025.
Our mission is to empower and enable people to make evidence-based and data-informed
decisions that deliver more effective use of resources for poverty eradication.
Please contact us at Development Initiatives
For help with data on aid, development finance and poverty
©Ton Koene