Still, that amount is well beyond the means of the most affected poor African nations.

But for many poor nations, they are almost beside the point.

Many poor nations say that more money should be spent on development, not peacekeeping.

The report also said that people in poorer nations are living longer and better because they were making more money.

Lost in the rush to use the Web, however, are the nation's poor.

Last year half the nation's poor were either children or elderly.

Of the 80,000 deaths that result, 95 percent are in poor nations.

The elite actually make money from their status as poor nations.

Yet even the low price of $300 is too much for many poor African nations to afford.

Although India remains a poor developing nation, it has a $200 billion national economy.