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.
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.
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.