1/2/2012
Situation Brief
Overview
Addressing world poverty can be a challenge. In times of economic downturn, addressing the poverty problem commands the attention of all agents. Consumers, government agencies, and companies can begin to address this problem with sustainable solutions.
Crisis
“GDP is growing both here and globally yet poverty is increasing.” Socioeconomic inequality is not a new happening in the United States. Disparities between races, gender, and classes are increasing. In fact, the United States is experiencing the greatest economic inequality between its wealthiest and poorest citizens since the Great Depression of the 1930s. Female workers earn 77 cents for every dollar earned