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New Global Poverty Line

Geoff Riley

26th October 2015

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In October 2015, the World Bank updated the global poverty line used to track progress across countries in reducing extreme poverty.

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Geoff Riley

Geoff Riley FRSA has been teaching Economics for nearly forty years. He has over twenty years experience as Head of Economics at leading schools. He writes extensively and is a contributor and presenter on CPD and Revision conferences in the UK and overseas.

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