THE ASIAN TRIBUNE
Poverty is one of the biggest challenges in the world and many countries are suffering from extreme poverty–masses caught in multi-dimensional party to such an extent that even comparison with other nations appears meaningless, as it gives a real shocker to economists as well as policy makers.
Africa and Asia have many such countries that are facing this situation. Collective efforts at international level are needed to extend help and check this global imbalance.
These include countries that were colonized in the past, and even after independence, failed to come out of years of loot and trauma of subjugation as well as imperialistic economic control.
Take for example, countries like Mozambique and Madagascar, Congo and CAR, South Sudan and Sierra Leone, Malawi and Myanmar or nations like Burundi, Liberia, Nigeria, Chad, amongst several others [depicted in Orange].
The list of 10-15 poorest nations that have been mentioned above, is based on GDP per capita, as well as other major indices that determine quality of life, health, lack of education, food scarcity, standard of living and employment.
It is a seriously worrying situation that the penury and lack of basic needs, even food, is not available to tens of millions of people on a daily basis. On one hand, there are countries that have everything in excess. However, on the other hand, many countries face serious lack of amenities, resources and the distribution system is not proper.
The countries that were devastated by wars, regime change efforts, natural calamities or were victims of international conspiracies as well as internal rebellions by militias, find it tough to come out of the dark tunnel of poverty.
Big countries like Afghanistan or nations like Zimbabwe, Ethiopia, Haiti, Comoros, Nepal, Yemen, have been struggling for long. Though the urban centres in some of these countries have grown, the section that has benefited is located in cities and that too constitutes a minor share of the population.
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