Sentences with phrase «world of abject poverty»

There is the world of abject poverty, where dirty water leads to gastrointestinal infections and poverty leads to dilution, causing malnutrition.

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We live in a world in which for some, misery is the only reality of existence: people starve to death, live in abject poverty and know unrelieved distress and isolation all their days.

Having seen a little of the abject poverty of some people in India, on my return I quickly became involved in the work of Christian Aid and the beginnings of the World Development Movement, which campaigned on political matters relating to aid and trade.

In the developing world, it's been correct to oppose formula manufacturers trying to convince people living in abject poverty that formula is somehow «better», in the absence of reliable clean water, and risking malnutrition due to dilution.

Shuffling around «guilt payments» to the underdeveloped world at the same time blocking these nations from developing a reliable, low - cost energy infrastructure in order to pull themselves out of abject poverty is hypocritical nonsense.