developed countries in Istanbul, Turkey May 9-13. Among the key goals of the conference is to come up with a plan to reduce by half over the next decade the number of people suffering from poverty and hunger. The world's 48 least-developed countries have a combined population of more than 880 million people - the poorest and most vulnerable segment of humanity. Most of those people live on less than $1 a day and face serious hardships that put their health and well-being at risk. Thirty-three of the 48 poorest countries are in Africa, and include Angola, Chad, Ethiopia, Liberia, Mozambique, Rwanda, Sudan, Somalia and Uganda. Another 14 are in Asia, including Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Myanmar, and Nepal. Just one - Haiti - is in the Western Hemisphere and there's also just one in the Arab world-Yemen.
