Disparity and The Continental Divide

Disparity:

1 : containing or made up of fundamentally different and often incongruous elements
2 : markedly distinct in quality or character

Disparity also refers to the regional and economic differences in a country, province, state, or continent

- Half the world, nearly three billion people - live on less than two dollars a day
- Nearly a billion people entered the 21st century unable to read a book or sign their names
- Less than 1% of what's spent annually on weapons is needed to put every child in school
- 20% of the population in the developed nations, consume 86% of the world’s resources
- Approximately 790 million people in the developing world are still chronically undernourished
- 30,000 children die of hunger each year
- child labor affects over 250 million children

Disparity.