With the last 52 impoverished counties successively declaring victory against extreme poverty, China has achieved its goal of eliminating absolute poverty one month before its self-imposed deadline.
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            • Mardoniush [she/her]
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              4 years ago

              The people making $1 a day are mostly substinence farmers. This is an enormous achievement and means these people have permanent famine security and enough surplus value to improve their lives consistently.

          • DasKarlBarx [he/him,comrade/them]
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            4 years ago

            I haven't checked this specific article but most of the time these things are adjusted to be 1usd/day adjusted for ppp, it's incredibly standard for poverty alleviation so it would be weird if this article didn't do that.

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              • DasKarlBarx [he/him,comrade/them]
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                Yeah but this an in international standard that even China follows in order to submit reports to the UN.

                If you read in the article it's actually $2.30/day adjusted for ppp. Plus as another commenter said looks to secure food and clothing on top of that.

                • The_word_of_dog [he/him]
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                  4 years ago

                  I'll take an extra 60 bucks a month at this point please.

                  Basically ends up being a free month of rent a year. God that'd rule

                  • DasKarlBarx [he/him,comrade/them]
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                    Yeah it's a spectacular achievement. In 2011 (the last time research was done on it) there was still a good deal of people living on under $2/day (including food and housing subsidies into that calculation) and I'm sure it's only gone up since then.