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What is the definition of extreme poverty according to the World Bank?
What is the definition of extreme poverty according to the World Bank?
In which region do more than half of the world's poorest people live?
In which region do more than half of the world's poorest people live?
What was a significant factor that enabled many Chinese and Indian people to improve their lives?
What was a significant factor that enabled many Chinese and Indian people to improve their lives?
What has happened to the percentage of the population living in extreme poverty in sub-saharan Africa from 1990 to 2013?
What has happened to the percentage of the population living in extreme poverty in sub-saharan Africa from 1990 to 2013?
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What is the predicted population of sub-saharan Africa by 2050?
What is the predicted population of sub-saharan Africa by 2050?
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Why is moving into the cities not providing the same ladder out of poverty in sub-saharan Africa as it did in Asia?
Why is moving into the cities not providing the same ladder out of poverty in sub-saharan Africa as it did in Asia?
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The percentage of the population living in extreme poverty in China and India has increased.
The percentage of the population living in extreme poverty in China and India has increased.
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Sub-saharan Africa is urbanizing faster than any other place on earth.
Sub-saharan Africa is urbanizing faster than any other place on earth.
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The total number of poor people in sub-saharan Africa fell from 1990 to 2013.
The total number of poor people in sub-saharan Africa fell from 1990 to 2013.
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The percentage of the world's poorest people living in sub-saharan Africa has decreased over the years.
The percentage of the world's poorest people living in sub-saharan Africa has decreased over the years.
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The total number of poor people in sub-saharan Africa has decreased from 1990 to 2013.
The total number of poor people in sub-saharan Africa has decreased from 1990 to 2013.
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Moving into the cities is providing the same ladder out of poverty in sub-saharan Africa as it did in Asia.
Moving into the cities is providing the same ladder out of poverty in sub-saharan Africa as it did in Asia.
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Study Notes
- It's estimated that someone escapes extreme poverty every 1.2 seconds.
- According to the World Bank, someone living on less than $1.90 per day is considered extremely poor and unable to afford basic necessities.
- Extreme poverty rates have fallen faster in the last 30 years than any other time on record, largely due to changes in China and India in the 1980s.
- In China and India, the percentage of the poorest has fallen significantly, with India's poorest now accounting for 21% of the population and China's poorest accounting for less than 2%.
- Increased productivity in farms and a mass migration from rural areas to booming cities enabled many Chinese and Indian people to improve their lives.
- More than half of the world's poorest people live in sub-saharan Africa, where the percentage of the population living in extreme poverty fell from 54% in 1990 to 41% in 2013, but the total number of poor people rose due to population growth.
- Sub-saharan Africa is urbanizing faster than any other place on earth, but moving into the cities is not providing the same ladder out of poverty as it did in Asia due to a lack of infrastructure and essential services.
- The rapidly growing population of sub-saharan Africa is predicted to reach 2 billion by 2050, and a large percentage of those people are likely to be extremely poor.
- Millions of poor people in sub-saharan Africa live far below the World Bank's threshold of $1.90 per day, making it harder to pull them out of extreme poverty.
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Test your knowledge on the progress and challenges in fighting global poverty. This quiz covers data on extreme poverty rates, changes in China and India, urbanization in sub-Saharan Africa, and World Bank's poverty threshold.
