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WELCOME TO OUR GLOBAL POVERTY WIKI, EXHIBITON 2010.

**Poverty** refers to the condition of not having the means to afford basic human needs such as clean water, nutrition, health care, education, clothing and shelter. This is also referred to as absolute poverty or destitution.


 * Poverty** **in** **Colombia** refers to the serious problem of misdistribution of income, characterized by some of the worst poverty statistics in Latin America. Both the Colombian government and the private organizations have been managing the poverty problem with a superficial help, focused in charity-type programs, with poor outcome, due primarily to the effects on the economy of social, political and economic events throughout the country's history and more recently the effect of the Colombian armed conflict.

Did you know? A CEPAL report included data about poverty in 35% of the general population and 17% extreme poverty, with an estimated 9,654,722 people living in extreme poverty.

By:Catalina Velasquez Diana Sofia Guerrero Laura Turbay Michel Molinari