What does relative poverty mean?
Not having enough food to eat
Being poor in relation to other people
Having people in your family who are poor
What are the number one Millenium Development Goals (MDG)?
Tackling poverty
Reducing child mortality
Improving maternal health
Why does financial corruption cause poverty?
Money which should go to schools and hospitals goes to government officials
Money which should go to schools and hospitals is spent badly
Money which should go to schools and hospitals is spent on some poor people but not everyone
What percentage of the world's population is malnourished?
5 per cent
10 per cent
15 per cent
What is the name of the United Nations agency which helps to tackle measles?
The FAO
The WHO
The WFP
What does Oral Rehydration Therapy treat effectively?
Bad farming techniques
Debt
Diarrhoea
What do the latest figures tell us about the number of people living in extreme poverty?
They are on the increase
They are decreasing
No change
Which of the following countries is on target to eradicate extreme poverty?
Kenya
Somalia
Bangladesh
How much of the UK's annual earning is spent on aid to developing countries?
0.7 per cent
7 per cent
70 per cent
What is the name on the international agreement which has helped reduce poverty?
Glenrothes Agreement
Gleneagles Agreement
St Andrew's Agreement