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I hate to sound cynical here, but is it possible that "extreme poverty" is expected to drop below 10% because many of those unfortunately in such a bracket have
by DigitalSea 11y ago
I hate to sound cynical here, but is it possible that "extreme poverty" is expected to drop below 10% because many of those unfortunately in such a bracket have low life expectancy due to poor diet and living conditions? I hope not.
- pvaldes 11y agoI was thinking the same. Maybe poors are dying faster than before. Or maybe the world bank is simply wrong. "The number of people in extreme powerty could be greatly underestimated": http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/datablog/2015/apr/21/number-people-extreme-poverty-overseas-development-institute-report-could-be-greatly-underestimated http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/datablog/2015/...
- lkbm 11y agoAccess to clean water has improved. Infant mortality has dropped. Infectious disease rates have dropped. Nope. It's because poor people are getting access to better infrastructure, better healthcare, better education, and better job opportunities.