While people in the developed North worry about war and terrorism, the rest of the world is mainly concerned about economic issues.
When people are asked to say in their own words what is the world's most important problem today, a full third cite poverty, unemployment, or economic problems. This is a greater proportion than cite wars and conflicts, or terrorism, cited by a total of one in four people. Problems of crime, corruption, and drug abuse come next, followed closely by the environment and climate change. People's sense of personal insecurity, however, is about equally likely to be focused on any one of these areas.
People in the North and South have different priorities about the world's problems. The South sees wars, conflicts, and terrorism as one set of problems among many. Together, only 15 percent in the South say these are the world's most important problem, while four in ten cite economic ills. In the North, wars, conflicts, and terrorism are mentioned as most important by one in three people.
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