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- Was the global decline of extreme poverty only due to China? – Our World in Data https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/was-the-global-decline-of-extreme-poverty-only-due-to-china 13 comments
- Which countries reduced poverty rates the most? World bank Data. https://blogs.worldbank.org/opendata/which-countries-reduced-poverty-rates-most 10 comments pakistan
- Planning Commission's poverty alleviation data is BULLSHIT. Not only does World Bank data prove this, all political parties too disagree with it. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/NCP-opposition-rubbish-Plan-panels-data-on-poverty/articleshow/21307450.cms? 12 comments india
- In a Peak Oil world of pathetic economic data and poverty stricken people, Exxon posts 41 percent increase in earnings. http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/ffff9b24-b918-11e0-bd87-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=rss#axzz1tdqz4vyp 5 comments politics
- IS recruits, suicide bombers more educated than average, study finds - World Bank: Data shows clearly that poverty is not a driver of radicalization into violent extremism http://www.timesofisrael.com/is-recruits-suicide-bombers-more-educated-than-average-study-finds/ 18 comments worldnews
- “Fighting climate change is not just compatible with fighting poverty, the two goals — to reduce emissions and to increase economic growth — actually strengthen each other.” – Max Roser, Our World in Data #GlobalCarbonFeeAndDividendPetition https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/23447414/degrowth-decoupling-carbon-emissions-economic-growth 94 comments climate
- World Poverty Drops, With China Leading the Way: Pew Research Center data shows a decrease in global poverty. China largely drove the rise of the global middle class, increasing its share of middle class by 15 percent or by 203 million people http://www.usnews.com/news/blogs/data-mine/2015/07/10/world-poverty-drops-with-china-leading-the-way 46 comments worldnews