Tuesday, October 13, 2015

Good news . . . for a change

[NOTE:   With Congress on recess this week, perhaps the spate of political news will slow a bit.   I intend to put more blog time into reporting on some good news -- for a change.   Here's the first installment.]

The World Bank has forecast that less than 10% of the world's population will be living in extreme poverty by the end of 2015, a drop from 37.1% in 1990 to 12.8% in 2012 and 9.6% this year.   The United Nations has set the goal of eliminating extreme poverty by 2030.

The decline in poverty has not been uniform throughout the world, dropping much faster in South Asia (from 50.6% in 1990 to 11.9%), while Sub-Saharan Africa has declined only to 35.2% due to the area rapid population growth.

Ralph

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