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Gulf Cooperation Council
Network for Drylands Research & Development

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Poverty

Drylands play an important role for human livelihoods, as the
Millennium Ecosystem Assessment points out:

• More than 2 billion people live in drylands, most of them in developing countries.
• About 44% of all cultivated land area lies within drylands.
• Dryland population suffer from the poorest economic conditions worldwide.
• The infant mortality rate (about 54 per 1,000) for all dryland developing countries exceeds that from non-dryland countries by 23% or more.
• Scarcitiy of water limits access to clean drinking water and adequate sanitation, leading to poor health.

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Related Links:

Dobie, P. (UNDP): Poverty and the Drylands, Nairobi, Sept. 2001

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Making a difference in the fight against poverty - IFAD and the OPEC Fund: A partnership to eradicate rural poverty

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Regional Assessments of Rural Poverty
for the Near East and North Africa

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