Poverty figure drops beneath one billion

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Should this be happening? Should we help to solve it at a quicker pace?

Elizabeth Stuart, of Oxfam, said: "Poverty is declining but at a snail's pace. Today 50,000 people will die of preventable diseases."

Source: Poverty figure drops beneath one billion | Business | Money | Telegraph