Thursday, November 17, 2016

More prosperity

(cont'd from yesterday's post)

Global poverty has dropped like a rock and prosperity is growing (especially in Asia). Yesterday's post was taken from an article published in 2011 and, as the article predicted, global poverty has continued to decline.

photo: http://www.worldbank.org/en/topic/health/brief/poverty-health

"Almost unnoticed, the world has reduced poverty, increased incomes, and improved health more than at any time in history. " When economic growth takes a society out of dire poverty, more children live to become adults and those children are more likely to get an education according to the Organization for Economic Co-operation & Development (OECD). 



(cont'd tomorrow)

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