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Future Generations: An Organization Working to Alleviate Poverty

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www.future.org

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Future Generations: An Organization Working to Alleviate Poverty

This image gives the reader some basic information about Future Generations, a human-centered international development organization working to alleviate global poverty.

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Organizations Working to Create a Global Partnership for Development

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World Business Council for Sustainable Development, Poverty Environment Partnership

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Organizations Working to Create a Global Partnership for Development

This picture gives the reader basic information about two organizations working to bring together members of the private, public, and volunteer sectors (as well as various existing organizatons) in order to create international development strategies and to solve problems.

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Relationship Between GDP Per Capita and the Global Gender Gap Index of 2009

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World Economic Forum

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Relationship Between GDP Per Capita and the Global Gender Gap Index of 2009

This graph shows the relationship between per capita GDP of individual countries (or the average amount earned per person per year) and the Global Gender Gap Index Score (or the amount of money a woman makes for every dollar earned by a man with the same job). There is a clear, positive correlation between per capita GDP and the Gender Gap Index Score.

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Global Education Levels

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UNESCO Institute of Statistics

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Global Education Levels

This combined image shows the number of years children and young adults attend school. Sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia and the Middle East, and North Africa are the three most education-deficient regions as shown on the map. The bottom graph depicts the distribution of years spent in school, showing the number of years spent in pre-school, grammar/secondary school, and post-secondary school by region. 

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World Literacy Rates (1985-2005)

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http://www.emeraldinsight.com/journals.htm?articleid=838865&show=html

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World Literacy Rates (1985-2005)

This chart shows both global and regional literacy rates over a period of twenty years (1985-2005). While overall global levels have risen dramatically, education for women and in the least developed countries continues to lag.

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Global Undernourishment (2006)

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Percentage_population_undernourished_world_map.PNG

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Global Undernourishment (2006)

This map shows the percentage of the population that is undernourished (the World Health Organization's standard of measuring hunger) by country. Sub-Saharan Africa, all of Asia, and Latin America are hunger hotspots, with a minimum of 5% of the population undernourished.

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World Food Price Increases Over Time

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, International Food Policy Research Institute

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World Food Price Increases Over Time

This is a combination of two images. The top chart shows the increase in the prices of rice, wheat, and maize from 2005 to 2011. These three crops are the major food staples in most developing countries. The graph underneath depicts the World Food Price Index, which measures the increase in world food prices over time. Since 2007, world food prices have increased dramatically, contributing to the cycle of poverty in the developing world.

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