Poverty As A Challenge

Question

Graph: Number of poor by region ($ 1 per day) in millions.

Sources: World Development Indicators 2005. The World Bank. Study the Graph and do the following:


(i) Identify the areas of the world, where poverty ratios have declined.

(ii) Identify the area of the globe which has the largest concentration of the poor.

Answer

(i)Poverty ratios have declined in South Asia and Pacific.
(ii)South Asia has the largest concentration of the poor.

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