World Bank sets new poverty reduction goal

Published October 10, 2013 1:36pm ET



WASHINGTON (AP) — The World Bank president has set a new goal of reducing extreme poverty to 9 percent by 2020.

Jim Yong Kim said at a news conference on Thursday that 400 million children are still among the world’s most extreme poor, living on under $1.25 per day.

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