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Asian Poverty Reduction at 95%

Posted by geri
Friday, 26 January 2007
In 1990 there were 500 million people living in poverty in East Asia and the Pacific region. That number is now under 200 million, and the World Bank projects that by 2011 it will be under 20 million — a reduction of 95 percent. — Ray Kurzweil, author, inventor and futurist speaking at the Ted Conference (Read All Good Bites ) Comments (0) Subscribe to this comment's feed Write comment You must be logged in to a comment. Please register if you do not have an account yet.