Get involved
The plan is simple: get interested in one poor country, recognize the situation, monitor it, share information here. Let’s go: be a friend from afar!
Proposal on developing countries
Letter to the European Parliament in Polish: proposal on developing countries.
Egypt
Post about Egypt in Polish: Egipt.
How many people live in richer countries than yours, and how many in poorer countries
According to national income per person We count countries as rich or poor countries based on how many dollars of national income a statistic resident reaches there. The table compares each country to the whole globe, which has 7.417 billion people. In poor countries (GNIpc <3626 $) 43% of the Earth’s population lives, including in […]
How to help
Charity The first instinct is to give a little of your money or things. Such a gesture is valuable for the poor, because in the countries of the Global South, the currency from our countries in the Global North is much more valuable than in our country – more can be bought there. For a […]
Peace index
Lack of peace is a major impediment to economic development. Measures that could be used to increase prosperity are spent on violence or the fight against violence. In a war situation, the economy does not function in the most efficient market system, but in a prescriptive system. It turns out that the degree of national […]
Case Study – Is Fair Trade company really fair?
To verify this, I sent invitations to co-operate with 40 certified companies in India. India is, on average, a poor country, considering the national income per capita (it is six times smaller than the world average). I received only 1 answer. It is not surprising because emails are most often treated as spam. In a […]
A map of the stores with Fair Trade products
Let’s make a map of fair trade products. It is not easy to find them in stores. If you have found a fair trade product in the store, please report it to us! Try to get as much information as possible about the product found. In particular, not only where you can buy it, but […]
Inequality-adjusted human developing index
In order to know the living standards of people in different countries, you can use the gross domestic product per person in the first approximation. GDP per capita takes into account the value of manufactured products and services during the year and the number of inhabitants. A somewhat more accurate indicator of the wealth of […]
The best way to help poor countries
The best way to support people in poor countries is to buy there. Buying is better than sending stuff, sending money, giving loans, investing because in supported countries: It activates entrepreneurship, which results in economic growth that brings about prosperity, Increases the demand for employees, Allows to maintain dignity, Does not fix the attitude “I’ll […]
Official development assistance
38 of the richest states spend 0.5% of their revenue (on average) on Official Development Assistance (ODA) for 162 countries and territories. This aid represents 3% of the total income of the 70 poorest countries. With ODA their average national income per capita is $ 1717, and without this year’s grant it would be $ […]
Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, the UN defined the Sustainable Development program. Goal 1 is to eradicate poverty, and the first way to achieve defined objectives is to invest in underdeveloped countries. The needs of developing countries are estimated at $ 3.3 trillion to $ 4.5 trillion per year. Such subsidies would immediately increase incomes of poor countries […]
Fair contributions
Example Imagine the following situation. I have 1500 income, you have 1100, and our homeless friend 200. We decided to help him by donating 10% of our income. Is this contribution fair? So I’ll give him 150, you 110, 260 together. I’ll stay in my pocket 1350 and you’ll get 990. But the necessary expenses, […]
The greatest humanitarian catastrophe since the Second World War
What do we do What do we do ??? The gates were opened. A flood of immigrants flooded Europe. Without documents, without money, without language knowledge. More than a million people came thousands of kilometers on foot, swept through the dinghy, drove what was possible. After the war refugees from Syria, people from Central Africa […]
Plumpy
Plumpy’nut bar is intended for the treatment of acute malnutrition. It contains all the nutrients essential for good health. Is ready for consumption, it can be used at home. It does not require special storage, it has two years shelf life.
National income
National income (GNI) takes into account not only the volume of production in the country (GDP), but also the balance of the revenue from the investments abroad and work abroad its citizens (+), compared to a drain of finance for similar reasons (-). 2/3 of the poor countries has the negative balance. Among them, the […]
Costs
Liquidation of malnutrition and poverty is not cheap. In order to lead directly all countries threatened by a high rate of malnutrition because of the very low gross domestic product per capita, to a GDP per capita of this size ($ 1,400), which is no longer threatens to avalanche increase in malnutrition, but generates the […]
Malnutrition
10.1% of the population suffers from malnutrition. 747 million people. That’s more than the total number of inhabitants of North America. In some countries, the proportion of undernourished people is almost half the population. 2/3 of undernourished population lives in poor countries, where gross domestic product is less than $ 3,600.
Poverty
Living in a poor society for most people means living in poverty and no prospect of improvement, and for a large part of the population means an insufficient amount of food. Currently (in 2018 year) 10% of the world population lives below the poverty line, ie on less than $ 1.90 a day. *) That’s 762 […]
Basic needs
nutrition, basic medical care, water, sanitation, shelter, personal safety. On a scale of 0 to 15, in 2016 the world had fulfilled the basic needs at the level of 10. In the individual countries the fulfillment of the basic needs rated from 3 to 15. The most difficult situation was in Chad and Afghanistan.
Corruption
Statistically, the poorer the country, the greater the corruption. Corrupt officials do not work for the benefit of citizens, leading to deepening poverty in a poor country. Resistance to corruption (in 2016) in rich countries (top graph) and poor (bottom):
Rich countries assist poor countries
The place where you earn determines people, you should know to help them out of poverty and join in building a richer world. Find your friends from afar on areas.
Global organizations
Médecins Sans Frontières Doctors and nurses working in 70 countries. The organization has 30,000 staff , in the US budget of $ 345 million. They work for the people, where even the embassy flee.
Who needs who can
We identify societies requiring support. Currently, in 75 countries gross domestic product per capita is so small that the likely proportion of undernourished people is there greater than the average in the world. Their needs are proportional to the population and to the distance that separates them from a minimum GDP per capita ($ 3600).
Unfair competition
Subsidies to agriculture in rich countries means that agriculture in poor countries sometimes is unprofitable or brings a very small income. Farm subsidies amount is equivalent to nearly 4 times the aid given to developing countries by richer ones.