The Huffington Post
Amanda Scherker
The world's problems are so staggering that they sometimes feel completely unchangeable. Every day seems to leave more suffering, disease and tragedy in its wake. There's no question that our problems are vast, but what would it really cost to solve some of greatest human tragedies we face?
Here are some stats that put the world's problems in perspective:
1. For $26 billion more a year, we could provide a basic education to every child in the world by 2015.
Amanda Scherker
The world's problems are so staggering that they sometimes feel completely unchangeable. Every day seems to leave more suffering, disease and tragedy in its wake. There's no question that our problems are vast, but what would it really cost to solve some of greatest human tragedies we face?
Here are some stats that put the world's problems in perspective:
1. For $26 billion more a year, we could provide a basic education to every child in the world by 2015.
That's according to a UNESCO study published in Sept. 2013. The report estimated that 200 million children around the globe have not completed primary school, and 250 million children who are in school cannot read or count well. An estimated $54 billion in total is necessary to provide a basic education in all low-income and lower-middle-income countries. At the time of the report, a sum of $28 billion was being provided, of which $3 billion came from foreign aid.
That might seem like a lot, but let's consider that...
The U.S. drops an annual $25 billion on golf.
And that's just consumer spending. Americans allocate $4 billion to equipment, $1 billion to apparel sales and $20 billion to green fees, according to estimates from the National Golf Foundation in 2012. If you consider professional golf, trade shows and golf travel, that number's actually a staggering $65 billion annually.
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