WB sees global poverty rate falling to 9.6pc this year

ISLAMABAD: A new World Bank report says the global poverty rate is projected to fall to 9.6 per cent in 2015, and there will be some 700 million people living on less than $1.90 a day. In 2012 there were an estimated 900m people living on less than $1.90 a day, and despite solid development gains progress has been uneven and significant work remains to be...