• Trade & poverty

    • Poverty literally affects billions of people around the world. Openness in trade and more favorable trade conditions to poor countries offer a way out.

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    • Aid to developing countries

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    • foreign aid in US dollars
    • globally, so far this year

    • Loss in poor countries due to trade barriers

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    • US dollars lost to trade barriers
    • in poor countries, this year

    • Child deaths from poverty

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    • number of child deaths
    • in the world, this year

    • Fairtrade products

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    • US dollars spent on fairtrade products
    • in the world, this year

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Something to consider

Every year, developing countries receive about 120 billion US dollars in aid from rich countries. In rich countries, aid is often thought of as a one-way act of charity - but this is not really the case…

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