Poverty

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At a glance

The developing world has likely attained the first Millennium Development Goal (MDG) target of halving the 1990 poverty rate by 2015. The 1990 poverty rate at the $1.25 a day poverty line in 2005 prices was nearly halved in 2008, and preliminary estimates for 2010 indicate that this MDG target was already achieved before the 2015 deadline. The international line of $1.25 a day is the average of the national poverty lines in the poorest 10–20 countries.
The share of the develop...