Abstract
Globally, 'the number of people who live with a daily income of less than $1, about 55 pence has increased by 100 million, standing at 1300 million'. At the same time, the number of armed conflicts increased in the long term period, especially the intra-state conflicts. But what is poverty? Kuznets defines 2 types of poverty: 'Those who fall below an established poverty line usually defined in money term, such and such dollars per day and those who are unable to command sufficient resources to satisfy basic needs'. And how to be sure that number of conflicts is a pertinent tool to measure political instability? It seems obvious that we have a problem of measurement. We need to define the area concerned. According to Gregory Mankiw, the developing countries indicate the countries which did not reach the standard of living of the western countries. Western countries or developed countries correspond to no more than 20 or 25 countries such as the US, Canada, Japan, South Korea, Western Europe, Australia and New Zealand. Their level of health, education, economy of market, rights and industrialization are considered higher than in other parts of the world.
