THE POST 09/20/2018 GLOBAL POVERTY RATE REACHES 10 YEAR LOW!

Global Poverty Rate Reaches 10-Year Low

2018-09-20 | by Alice Greene | Share on Facebook The World Bank on Wednesday reported a 10-year low in the global poverty rate, with the number of people living on less than $1.90 per day falling from 11.2% in 2013 to 10% in 2015. That's a difference of 68.3 million people. Poverty rates dropped everywhere except the Middle East and North Africa, where ongoing conflicts in Syria and Yemen have driven the rate from ...More