Internationally, the report calls for what Mr Jolly describes as a Marshall Plan for the very poor, spread over 20 years.
But in poor countries, this spread widens to alarming proportions.
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There are also fears that the violence could spread to poor immigrant communities in other EU countries, and this has helped to push down the value of the euro.
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And 50 countries around the world still report annual outbreaks of cholera to the WHO, a bacterial infection spread via poor sanitation that causes death by dehydration if not treated soon enough.
As yet, there is no explanation for these cases but potential risk factors could be poor diet, the spread of certain strains of the human papillomavirus (HPV) and even a possible lack of sunshine.
Items at the bottom of the list include improving the standard of living in poor countries, helping to spread democracy and protecting weak nations against foreign aggression.
In Boston, the fungal meningitis spread because of poor oversight.
The spread between rich and poor has gotten wider over the decades.
G4S's activities range from delivering cash to banks to creating security systems for buildings and fire protection systems for America's space agency, NASA. Many of these firms benefit from long experience of public-private partnerships, which were pioneered in Britain (and often have a poor reputation there) but have spread to other countries.
They spread wealth from rich to poor countries, but now remittances are being squeezed.
He identifies, especially, the more transparent and efficient delivery of food rations to the poor, thanks to computerisation and the spread of ID cards.
But the spread between the rich and poor teams is dramatic.
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And some policies to foster the spread of technology to this largely poor population were overdue.
New Dehli Metallo-beta-lactamase-1 (NDM-1) is thought to have emerged in India where poor sanitation and antibiotic use have helped resistance spread.
Unfortunately, given the inclement weather and the subsequent issues this caused for local commutes, being spread out was not ideal under poor weather conditions.
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Meanwhile, Germany has rejected a charge that it hampered efforts to address the spread of the disease with confusing policies and poor excuses.
But just as any prudent investor a century ago, wishing both to boost his returns and spread his risk, should have been deeply invested in relatively poor countries, so he should also have withdrawn every penny before August 1914.
Another scheme under which poor families get bursaries on condition their children attend school is only now being spread across the country, and there have been delays in reaching agreements with the local councils who will operate it.
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Dr. CHRIS LANSEN (Physician, Doctors Without Borders Hospital, Dubea, Democratic Republic of Congo): Of course, in a camp with almost 9, 000 people and poor sanitation, we're very worried about that, because that could then spread out into an epidemic.
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Then the middle catches up as they educate daughters and plan families, followed by the poor, so that eventually fertility is lower across the board and the economic benefits of the demographic dividend are spread more evenly.
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