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Worn out by nearly three decades of international isolation and worsening poverty, about 8,000 demonstrators demanded that the veteran politician agree to UN proposals to re-unify the island.

It would cut child poverty about in half, two Columbia University researchers found.

Nearly one third of respondents said they were living in poverty, about twice the rate of Americans nationwide.

And there is poverty: about 40percentt of wives support their large families because their husbands do not work.

Nearly a fifth of households are in fuel poverty – about 4.75 million people in 2010, according to government estimates.

Reduced growth in 2009 cost the 390 million people in sub-Saharan Africa living in extreme poverty about £11 billion, or £29 per person.

"So, how does this poverty come about?

Poverty is about much more than just the money.

How did this drop in poverty come about?

"They should talk about poverty, not about making a different country," Mr. Kwe said.

But he is a commercial banker, and he talks not about reducing poverty but about "financial inclusion".