A reflection
According to the Bible in the Gospel of  Lk 2:1-14, Luke states ”  In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that the whole world should be enrolled. This was the first enrollment, when Quirinius was governor of Syria. So all went to be enrolled, each to his own town. And Joseph too went [...]

Poverty is a loaded term, it is a term that  means a lot and subject to many interpretation.  According to the recent 2009 report on the UN Millennium Development Goals, the following numbers resonate with me..

Worldwide the number of people living in extreme poverty in 2009 is expected to be 55 million to 90 million [...]