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Rajant Corporation Attending ITS World Congress
2015-10-05 12:11:00| Hydrocarbons Technology
Rajant is attending the ITS World Congress on 5-9 October in Bordeaux, France, at booth E2.
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World Bank cuts Asia growth forecast
2015-10-05 06:50:27| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
The World Bank cuts growth forecast for the Asia Pacific region, because of the risks posed from a sharp slowdown in China and raising US interest rates.
World Bank: Extreme poverty 'to fall below 10%'
2015-10-04 23:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: The World Bank has said that for the first time less than 10% of the world's population will be living in extreme poverty by the end of 2015. The bank said it was using a new income figure of $1.90 per day to define extreme poverty, up from $1.25. It forecasts the proportion of the world's population in this category to fall from 12.8% in 2012 to 9.6%. However, it said the "growing concentration of global poverty in sub-Saharan Africa is of great concern". Although the share of people in poverty...
World Bank: 'extreme poverty' to fall below 10% world population first time
2015-10-04 21:12:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The number of people living in extreme poverty is likely to fall for the first time below 10% of the worlds population in 2015, the World Bank said on Sunday as it revised its benchmark for measuring the problem. This is the best story in the world today, said World Bank president Jim Yong Kim. These projections show us that we are the first generation in human history that can end extreme poverty. Extreme poverty has long been defined as living on or below $1.25 a day, but the World Banks...
World's 'extremely poor' to fall below 10% of population for first time: World Bank
2015-10-04 17:46:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Economic Times: The number of people living in extreme poverty is likely to fall for the first time below 10 percent of the world's population in 2015, the World Bank said on Sunday as it revised its benchmark for measuring the problem. Extreme poverty has long been defined as living on or below $1.25 a day, but the World Bank's adjustment now sets the poverty line at $1.90 a day. The Bank said the change reflects new data on differences in the cost of living across countries, while preserving the real purchasing...
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