This post in World Bank’s “Private Sector Development Blog” says that the percentage of people in poverty (from 1990-2004) has dropped from 29% of the world’s population to 18%. This sounds like good news–but we should remember to keep in mind that there are many ways of measuring poverty. These poverty maps referenced in the blog post are worth a look, too.

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