Poverty exists all over the world. Some countries suffer more than others.

Many of the developing countries often face the same problems like the high level of malnutrition and the difference of calorie intake for some people in the developing countries and that of people in developed countries is astonishing! In fact75% of the whole population (compared with just 6% of Britain) try to make a living out of agriculture with just growing enough crops to meet their own needs. They have little or no more left over to sell so they have no money to buy items, which they cannot grow. Also large amounts of the population of developing are illiterate and uneducated. There is a link between the poverty and the illiteracy as those who are illiterate (850,000,000) today cannot find their way out of the poverty trap. There is also a high level of disease and illnesses going around the developing countries so life for people is tough. If they survive the terrors of childhood then they discover their lifestyle leaves them open to many diseases and sicknesses. It is said that 25% of the world population (1,500,000,000 people) cannot access clean water and the nearest doctor or clinic is often miles away and which takes some days to walk. All this is referred to as ‘Absolute Poverty’. This means a condition of life that is so characterized by malnutrition, illiteracy, disease, high infant mortality and a low life expectancy that it goes beyond what is expected for human decency and these are the basics of life.

The lack of development is because many less developed countries have been badly affected by wars such as Africa that has had a lot of civil wars, which has been brought on by European empire building in the 19th century. Many of the African races joined to become countries and when these countries achieved independence they were still artificial countries and one race ill – treated the other, which resulted in a civil wars being fought. Less developed countries also suffer from wars between countries like Ethiopia and Somalia, Afghanistan and Russia and from wars caused by political differences and corruption like Mozambique, Angola and Guatemala. There is also a lack of development because of natural disasters and debt. Many of the Less Developed Country are situated where nasty disasters such as earthquakes, floods, droughts and famine are more frequent than and more severe than anywhere else in the world and they usually destroy many thousands of homes and crops. It is because of this that many Less Developed Country have to borrow money from the banks of Developed countries to survive and develop. But the banks charge interest and the less developed countries end up trying to pay more in interest than they earn in foreign currency.