Good news doesn't often make headlines like bad new does. But not all world news is bad. Here is news that confirms Hans Roslings' information about progress:
"Over the past three years, an additional 200 million people have climbed above the international poverty line . . For the first time in world history, less than 10 percent of the global population will be living in extreme poverty."
There's even more. That record low percentage of people in extreme poverty has happened under a toughened definition of the term, from the $1.25/day of the past to today's $1.90/day standard. The definition is more broad-based but still the percentage is a record low.
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