Troubling, but a positive sign is that extreme poverty is below 10%: http://www.theguardian.com/society/2015/oct/05/world-bank-extreme-poverty-to-fall-below-10-

Troubling, but a positive sign is that extreme poverty is below 10%: http://www.theguardian.com/society/2015/oct/05/world-bank-extreme-poverty-to-fall-below-10-of-world-population-for-first-time http://www.theguardian.com/society/2015/oct/05/world-bank-ex... There are fewer hungry people in the world today compared to 20 years ago, in spite adding 1 billion people to the planet.