La Pobreza y el Tercer Mundo

Question 1

the developing countries

Question 2

the underprivileged, the helpless

Question 3

the deprived, the have-nots

Question 4

poverty

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human problems

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economic and health conditions

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to become poor, impoverished

Question 8

malnutrition

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to be malnourished

Question 10

infant mortality

Question 11

rural deprivation

Question 12

endemic hunger, starvation

Question 13

to die of starvation

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marginalisation

Question 15

to be marginalised

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to exploit

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to feel exploited

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the struggle for daily survival

Question 19

apathy

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to be apathetic

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despair

Question 22

to be in an ever more precarious situation

Question 23

poverty-related diseases

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to age quickly

Question 25

to suffer an irreversible decline in living conditions

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to be illiterate

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illiteracy

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the abysmal level of education

Question 29

to beg

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social inequality

Question 31

to receive an income below the per capita average

Question 32

to live below the poverty line

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not to be able to manage until the end of the month

Question 34

to live in a state of dire need

Question 35

to have no means / resources

Question 36

to depend on charity

Question 37

to steal in order to obtain food

Question 38

to owe the rent

Question 39

to evict

Question 40

to be homeless

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to live in a hovel

Question 42

shanty towns

Question 43

shack, shanty, slum

Question 44

the problem of the chabolas

Question 45

to support seven or eight children

Question 46

orphan

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orphanage

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to be just a statistic, “statistic fodder”

Question 49

there’s no more hope

Question 50

economic aid

Question 51

charity, charitable organization

Question 52

to shelter, to house

Question 53

self-sufficiency in food, ability to feed oneself

Question 54

to live off the land

Question 55

to leave the countryside

Question 56

to move to the city

Question 57

to share (with)

Question 58

to have a real social policy towards poverty

Question 59

the welfare state

Question 60

to detect signs of poverty

Question 61

to sponsor a child

Question 62

fair trade

Question 63

economic problems at a national level

Question 64

foreign debt

Question 65

debtor

Question 66

creditor

Question 67

loan

Question 68

to reduce / cancel third-world debt

Question 69

to stem the spiraling growth of third-world debt