Poverty
Improving, slowly
Apr 23rd 2007
From Economist.com
THE number of people living on less than $1 a day fell in 2004 to 986m, or 18.4% of the population of developing countries, according to the World Bank. Annual average growth of 3.9% in GDP per person since 2000 has helped. The most striking reduction has been in China. In 2004, 9.9% of the population lived on less than $1 a day, compared with 33% in 1990.
