World's Extreme Poverty Cut in Half Since 1990

World's Extreme Poverty Cut in Half Since 1990: South Asia: The $1.25 a day poverty rate fell to less than 33% in 2008 from 61% in 1981. Latin America and the Caribbean: After peaking at 14% in 1984, the extreme poverty rate reached 6.5% in 2008. Middle East and North Africa: About 2.7% of the ...