The visit of Pope Francis to Brazil, site of World Youth Day 2013, puts in sharp focus the debilitating poverty, which social scientists maintain is caused by the ruling class appropriating for themselves resources that properly belong to the people.

The observation applies to the Philippines as well, as it does to the rest of the developing world.

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