Reuters depth: global gap between rich and poor is becoming more and more big _joyley

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in the 1998 report stated that the world's rich and poor gap between continues to deepen, population 1/5 of the rich to enjoy the wealth of the world in 80%. The World Bank and other institutions that the global gap between rich and poor continues to widen. (2010-4 July, Regal million in Russia Moscow exhibition. ) Today in the world richest 2% of the population having more than half of the world's wealth of the world 1/10 of the most affluent population control 85% of the wealth in the world. While about half of the world is the underlying population has only 1% of global wealth. (November 27, 2008, Moscow, Russia, a man in a million Regal exhibition tasting cigar. ) 358-the richest in the world who owned property over almost half the world's population, of the total revenue, of which 225 people (60 people to be United States persons) has a $ 1 trillion, equivalent to the world's poorest 25 million people of all incomes. Organisation for economic co-operation and development (OECD) to a report, United States of relative poverty rate (relative poverty rate refers to the overall income below the national average income of half the population proportion) of 17.0%, ranking first in the world, Ireland and Japan separated the second third. (Photo taken in 2010, September 22, Monaco yacht show) the United Nations human settlements programme published World Habitat annual report pointed out that the slums have poses great challenges for mankind, if you do not take effective measures to deal with the phenomenon of urban poverty, will become more serious. (2009-8 December, the United States New York Fifth Avenue on beggars. ) 1/3 of the world's urban population lives in poverty. The urban poor is most concentrated, in all developing countries in Asia, Africa, the city's population has the highest percentage, representing 41%. (2010-10-21, Washington, United States, a homeless man relaxing in the Park. ) 2008 November 6 day San Francisco, United States, a man seeking help in the financial district. March 15, 2009 Sacramento, California, United States, hundreds of unemployed due to inability to repay housing mortgage loan on the streets, living in a "tent city". 2010-10-21, Washington, United States, homeless people sleeping on the lawn in the Park. The world's wealth of 1/3 are concentrated in the United States, 1/3 in Europe and the other 1/3 in affluent Asia-Pacific region. (November 22, 2008, international exhibition of the top private goods held in Beijing. ) Global for the purchase of consumer goods and services close to 24 trillion, the richest 1/5 the consumption accounted for 86% of the population and the poorest of 1/5 of the consumer population accounts for only 1%. (October 13, 2008, France Paris Vendome)