If the Millennium Development goal to eradicate extreme poverty and hunger by 2015 has been achieved, then
A) the number of people living in extreme poverty has been reduced by 50%.
B) no continent has more than 10,000 people still hungry.
C) global fertility rates have declined to those of most European nations.
D) the rural population of the world has nearly tripled.
A
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