India made ‘remarkable progress’ in reducing poverty: World Bank
Report says the country saw one of the fastest reductions in poverty in the world; extreme poverty fell to 2.6% in 2023 from 27.1% in 2011, driven by government transfers and rising employment
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[Claude] All three reports cover the same World Bank poverty update for India, with figures (27.1% to 2.6%) that agree with each other, though Report 1's 14.2%-to-12.1% forecast uses different measures and per
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