Poverty Learning Quest: Select

Understanding poverty in our country What are the recent achievements and challenges of our country? How does poverty affect people in our country? How are poor people represented in the media in our country? How does our government support health and education? What are aid organisations doing to assist poor people in our country? How does trade assist our country? Statistics about poverty in our country What is the average income [GDP per capita (PPP US$)]? What percentage of people live below the national poverty line? What percentage of children attend primary school? What percentage of adults can read (adult literacy rate)? What percentage of people have access to clean water (access to improved drinking water source)? What percentage of people have access to sanitation? How old can children expect to live to (What is the life expectancy at birth)? How many mobile (cellular) phones are available per 1000 people? How many internet users? What percentage of income is owned by the least wealthy 20% of households? What percentage of income is owned by the wealthiest 20% of households? How big is the gap between these the richest and poorest? How much does the government spend on health? How much does the government spend on education? Progress achieving MDGs What progress is being made to meeting the MDGs? What policies and activities are working to reduce poverty?