It is a much quoted fact that over 1 billion people in the world live on less than $1 a day, and yet the three richest people in the world own assets that exceed the combined GDP of the world's 48 poorest countries. This is not caused by short term emergencies, but by long standing inequalities in global systems, past and present.

Organisations working to achieve social change in global development look to strengthen people to find their own solutions to the problems they face, and campaign against injustices which reinforce the cycle of poverty in which they are trapped.

The link between the unsustainable use of resources in the West and the devastating impact this is having on the developing world is becoming an increasingly important part of this campaign.

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