About One-Third of the World's Poor and Two-Thirds of the World's

question 31

Multiple Choice

About one-third of the world's poor and two-thirds of the world's hungry live in:

• A) Brazil
• B) China
• C) Russia
• D) South Asia
• E) the United States

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