EPIIC Alumni featured in Winter 2004 Tufts Magazine article titled, "Voices from the Field"

glarus01 — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 14:30:08 -0500

Voices from the Field

EPIIC Symposium On Global Poverty And Inequality

Matt Mercier — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 14:35:06 -0500

Mass poverty is one of the world’s most pressing problems and daunting challenges. The compelling facts are well known:

• Over one billion people – almost one in five – live in extreme poverty, subsisting on less than a dollar a day.
• If the poverty line was raised to $2 a day, more than half of the world’s population would be living in poverty.
• Over 100 million primary school-age children cannot afford to go to school.
• Eight million people die each year simply because they lack the means to survive.

Voices from the Field