Concerning the global picture, The State of the World’s Children 1994, a report by UNICEF (United Nations Children’s Fund), observes that one fifth of the world’s population lives in absolute poverty, adding that life for most of the world’s poor is “becoming increasingly hard and desperate. ”
वह आगे कहती है कि संसार के अधिकांश ग़रीबों के लिए ज़िन्दगी “अधिकाधिक कठिन और निराशाजनक होती जा रही है । ”