The ‘International Poverty Line’ set by the United Nations defines ‘extreme poverty’ as living on less than 1.90 international dollars per day. International dollars (int.-$) are inflation-adjusted and corrected for price differences between countries, which is what makes them ‘international’.
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Data from large meta-analyses show that measles vaccination is highly effective and safe, giving a 95% reduction in the risk of measles.
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Eradicating poverty is at the top of the U.N.’s stated goals. But their measure of poverty is only half the story.
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For almost all of human history, food was scarce for nearly everyone. The reason for this perpetual scarcity was that whenever food production increased, it…
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