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Poverty: Not always with us
The world has an astonishing chance to take a billion people out of extreme poverty by 2030
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China accounts for over 75% of the decrease, then India would account for over 95% of the remaining 25%. These two countries are on the rise economically and the remaining "extreme poor" of the world will not benefit from said growth. It's a much easier task to elevate the plight of the poor, when the two most populated countries are in economic growth, not so much for the remaining "extreme poor".