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In the past 30 years, extreme poverty has dropped from ~50% of the world population to ~10%. Maybe we could do better, but it looks like we are on track.

It's worth noting that ending extreme poverty is only part of ending world poverty. We're talking about ensuring people have at least $1.90/day to live on. You get a lot of bang for your buck helping people below that line.



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