Disability affects all eight of the MDGs, making it an issue central to reduction of poverty.
Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
Of the estimated 650 million persons with disabilities worldwide, 70 per cent live in developing countries, and according to UN statistics, 82 percent live below the poverty line.
Of the estimated 650 million persons with disabilities worldwide, 70 per cent live in developing countries, and according to UN statistics, 82 percent live below the poverty line.
Street people win government contract. Sierra Leone, a country ravaged by eleven years of civil war, was rated the poorest in the world in 2007. More >>
