Recent Research Suggests That the Absolute Number of People Living

question 11

Multiple Choice

Recent research suggests that the absolute number of people living in poverty between 1980 and 2008 fell by about

• A) 100 million.
• B) 300 million.
• C) 500 million.
• D) 700 million.
• E) 900 million.

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