Related content from HighBeam Research on: Population Living Below $2 a Day, Developing Countries

Housing a growing population in the 21st century: where will the raw materials come from? (Montana Business Quarterly)

Homelessness - the facts. (New Internationalist)

The population story ... so far. (World Watch)

High growth marred by unemployment: the African enigma is that poverty and joblessness continue to rise even though economic growth is at a 10-year high says a new UN report. Tom Nevin explains the reason for the anomaly and describes remedies prescribed. (African Business)

How poor is too poor? The world is on track to meet the first of the Millennium Development Goals - to halve the number of people living below the poverty line by 2015. The trouble is that this line - set at a dollar a day - is a deeply flawed and unreliable measure of poverty. David Woodward explains why, and proposes a radical new rights-based measure. (New Internationalist)

Innovation and inspiration; Pat Groner helped pioneer outpatient surgery, assisted-living, helicopter transport.(Health Care Hall of Fame) (Modern Healthcare)

More people will soon be living in cities than in rural areas (CCPA Monitor)

Child mortality drops below 10 million.(VITAL SIGNS) (World Watch)

La te tranble nan peyi d'Ayiti': the earth trembles in Haiti. (WIDER Angle)

Poverty: A Denial of Human Rights. (Journal of International Affairs)