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Reducing Risks, Increasing Opportunities
Income poverty has fallen in Asia and the Pacific as millions of people have benefited from the extraordinary economic gains of the past two decades but progress has been highly uneven, leaving one in three Asians poor and vulnerable to economic, social and environmental risks.
During 1996–2008, ADB provided $2.3 billion in loans to help developing member countries (DMCs) increase their social protection programs so that those on the lower rungs of the economic ladder could also benefit from the region’s growth.
Facts and Figures
3.1 billion
people live in Asia and the Pacific, half of the world's population
900 million
people in Asia and the Pacific comprise the poor
40%
of the population in Asia and the Pacific are below 19 years old
