ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK: 20-30% OF ARMENIANS SUFFER FROM HUNGER

2009/08/26 | 15:36
economy

In a statement made today, the Asian Development Bank reported that
more than 30 percent of Armenia’s population suffers from hunger, as
do 20-30 percent of the people in Tajikistan, Bangladesh, Cambodia,
Mongolia, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and East Timor.

The ADB reported that large pockets of extreme poverty and hunger
persist in Asia, where the global downturn makes it more difficult
to achieve U.N. goals to reduce the ranks of the poor, the Asian
Development Bank said Wednesday.

Nepal is the worst off with 55.1 percent of its population surviving
on less than $1.25 a day. In China and India, 15.9 percent and 41.6
percent of the population live below the poverty line, respectively.