Which of the following best describes the trends in world poverty since 1820?
a. The number of people living on less than $1 per day has increased steadily.
b. While the number of people living on less than $1 per day rose steadily until the 1950s, the second half of the twentieth century witnessed a sharp decline.
c. The number of people living on less than $1 per day has stayed about the same regardless of much international effort to reduce the total.
d. The number of people living on less than $1 per day has experienced significant fluctuations corresponding with wars and other world events such that no trend is discernible.
B
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