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Poverty Reduction: Promoting Inclusive Pro-Poor Growth
Remarkable economic and social gains in Asia and the Pacific over the last few decades lifted millions from poverty but too many have been left behind. The region remains home to two-thirds of the world's poor, their ranks further deepened by loss of employment and reduced incomes from the 2008 global financial crisis.
Facts and Figures
1.7 billion
people in Asia and the Pacific live on less than US$2 a day
42.9%
of the Asia-Pacific population does not have access to improved sanitation facilities
