Globally, the poverty line is defined as a daily income of $1.25, adjusted for PPP – a line that many criticize as shockingly low. But what is truly shocking is that nearly one billion people – including more than 80% of the populations of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Madagascar, Liberia, and Burundi – live below it.
尽管取得了如此进步，但发展中国家的大量人口仍处于极端贫困。全球贫困线为日收入1.25美元（经PPP调整），这一标准被许多人批为低到令人震惊。但真正令人震惊的是有近十亿人——包括民主刚果、马达加斯加、利比里亚和布隆迪80%以上的人口——生活在这条线以下。