If you're referring to the 2016 ILO report[0][1], that was a short-term trend partially attributable to the refugee influx. Overall, global poverty has been on

If you're referring to the 2016 ILO report[0][1], that was a short-term trend partially attributable to the refugee influx. Overall, global poverty has been on a steep downward trend for decades. [0] http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---dgreports/---dcomm/---publ/documents/publication/wcms_443480.pdf http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---dgreports/---dcom... [1] https://www.cnbc.com/2016/05/19/poverty-increasing-in-developed-countries-ilo.html https://www.cnbc.com/2016/05/19/poverty-increasing-in-develo... [2] https://ourworldindata.org/extreme-poverty https://ourworldindata.org/extreme-poverty