HUMAN DEVELOPMENT REPORT 1992 examines how global markets meet, or fail to meet, the needs of the world's poorest people. It includes the restricted or unequal access to global markets costs developing countries $500 billion annually -10 times what they receive in foreign assistance. No wonder that global income disparity has doubled during the past three decades. The richest 20% of the world's population now receives 150 times the income of the poorest 20%.
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT REPORT 1992 examines how global markets meet, or fail to meet, the needs of the world's poorest people. It includes the restricted or unequal access to global markets costs developing countries $500 billion annually -10 times what they receive in foreign assistance. No wonder that global income disparity has doubled during the past three decades. The richest 20% of the world's population now receives 150 times the income of the poorest 20%.