Extreme poverty is falling worldwide and can be fully eliminated if the political will exists | Democracy, elections and voting at Democracy Chronicles

Extreme poverty will this year fall to less than 10 percent of the global population for the first time, according to a report by the World Bank. The organisation said in Sunday’s publication that despite the drop in poverty, there is still “great concern” for millions in Africa. “This is the best story in the world…

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon calls the efforts to achieve ‘Millennium Development Goals’ over the last 15 years “the most successful anti-poverty movement in history’. The final report on the goals says the number of people living in extreme poverty has declined by more than half, as has the death rate of children under five years…