Some anti-poverty and children under 5 death reduction factors -
Each year of a mothers education reduces by 10% the chance of her children dying before the age of 5.
884 million people lack safe drinking water. 80% in rural areas
Access to clean sanitation goals appear out of reach for 2015.
Other have analyzed the poverty and have an even better picture where there will be fewer than 600 million living on less than $1.25 per day in 2015. In 2009, there were World Bank projections that there would be 1 billion living on less than $1.25 per day in 2015 and 800 million in 2020. Therefore, poverty statistics are catching up to the reality of an improved situation.
The projections put annual global growth at about 4.5 percent in 2011 and 2012 and have decent growth through 2014
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