For example in Sierra Leone, an extremely poor African nation, 68% of its population lives below the poverty line (The Poorest). In Latin America, Colombia has 55% of its population living below the poverty line (The Poorest). And in Asia, where in 1996 Asia accounted for over two-thirds of the world's 1.3 billion poorest people (Encarta), the country of Cambodia, which is the fifth poorest country in the world, has 36% of its population living below the poverty line (The Poorest). ... Every day some 14.000 people, most living in developing nations, are infected with HIV (Unequally). ....

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