# of people living under the internation poverty line of $1.25 a day went from 1.8 billion (46 percent poverty rate) in 1990 to 1.4 billion (27 percent poverty rate) in 2005.
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Proportion of underweight children under 5 has dropped from 31% to 26% in developing regions.
Nearly a billion people were unable to read or write at the turn of the century.
1% of what the world spends yearly on weapons was needed to put children in schools, and it didnt happen.
About 72 million children in developing countries were not enrolled in school when they should be.
! out of 3 people living in urban areas live in slum conditions.
Estimated 64 million more people in extreme poverty
Poverty rates are expected to fall to 5% in China, and 24% in India