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Poverty and insecurity

The Asian and Pacific region still has the largest absolute number of people living in extreme poverty of all global regions – in 2011, there were 743 million people living in extreme poverty in developing countries in Asia and the Pacific. However, there are substantial variations between subregions and countries in terms of the proportion of people living in extreme poverty. Despite a steady decline in extreme poverty over the past two decades, many countries have been experiencing a greater level of income inequality, which constrains domestic markets and threatens shared prosperity. Poverty and inequality are the primary focus for the global development agenda and will remain a focus for the development agenda beyond 2015.

Related Subject(s): Population and Demography
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