7 Countries Where People Live In Extreme Poverty

4. Republic of Yemen

Yemen, officially known as the Republic of Yemen is an Arab country in Southwest Asia, occupying the southwestern to southern end of the Arabian Peninsula. Poverty has affected 20 percent of the population in Yemen and is characterized by a high incidence of poverty in the rural sector, a multi-dimensional nature which encompasses both low expenditures and lack of access to basic services, and a low capacity by the public sector to deliver assistance to the poor.

It seems that Yemen can reduce poverty over the next several years if it improves the environment for private investment, follows sensible fiscal and monetary policies, and uses its oil revenues.

5. Chad

Chad officially the Republic of Chad, is a landlocked country in Central Africa. It is bordered by Libya to the north, Sudan to the east, the Central African Republic to the south, Cameroon and Nigeria to the southwest and Niger to the west. It seems that in this country nearly two-thirds of people live below the poverty line and the population remains among the worlds poorest.

The 2010 United Nations Human Development Index ranked Chad near the bottom, at 163 out of 169 countries. The World Bank has pulled out of programmes, because oil revenues are not being invested by the government into alleviating poverty.