It's estimated that one-third of the countries of the world are very rich, and two thirds are very poor. People in the richer countries don't understand the 1between them and those in the poorer countries. A very simple example is that a dog or a cat in North America is better than a child in the poorer countries. A fisherman in South America may 2which is made into pet food while the children in poor countries are not getting enough to eat for their bodies to grow 3. Although a lot of the world's natural resources come from these poorer countries, it's the richer countries that decide what kind of price they 4pay for these resources. And the prices the richer countries get from their 5 however, are always rising. So they are getting richer and richer, and the poorer countries are getting poorer.