I just came across a new study that shows Sierra Leone as about the ninth worst national in the world in terms of poverty. The
Multidimensional Poverty Index is a very interesting study that gets beyond dollars and cents, and into what people actually have and how they live. There is a brief country report on Sierra Leone
right here.
If I am reading it correctly in skimming through it, the main areas effecting poverty the most in Sierra Leone come in the living standard part - electricity, sanitation, water, cooking fuel, floors, personal assets - but also in deficient schooling and child mortality. According to this study 81% of Sierra Leoneans are in poverty - 4.4 million people. That is the population of the Greater Boston area. Imagine if the entire Boston metropolitan area was in the deepest depths of poverty.
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Boylston Street? |
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Boston Harbor... tea anyone? |
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A villa in Lexington or Concord? |
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The view from Plymouth Rock? |
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Paul Revere getting ready for a midnight ride? |
This would never be stood for in the United States, yet across the ocean, we let it slide...
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