Economics and hunger

Around 2 billion people live in extreme poverty. Most of them can’t afford to get enough to eat. The United Nations defines extreme poverty as surviving on less than:

	one US dollar a day
	10 US dollars a week
	500 US dollars a year

Since the 1985 Live Aid concert, the value of assistance provided by industrialized countries for agricultural development in developing countries has:

	increased by 50 percent
	stayed the same
	decreased by 50 percent

In 2002, FAO estimated that developed countries supported their farmers through direct subsidies or protective trade barriers to the tune of over 300 billion US dollars. This is almost:

	3 times what they provide in agricultural development assistance to developing countries
	10 times as much
	30 times as much

FAO estimates that each year health problems caused by hunger cost developing countries the equivalent of:

US$10 billion

US$20 billion

US$30 billion

US$40 billion

Which of these activities is FAO not involved in?

	compiling and analyzing statistics on the state of food and agriculture in the world
	informing the world about the effects of international economic and trade policies on hunger
	helping developing countries prepare for international trade negotiations
	investing in the stock market.