If we take a higher cutoff point of $2 per day, the poor have increased by 250 million over the same time period, encompassing 2.8 billion people, or almost half of the world?s population.

• 如果我们以日平均两美元作为贫困线标准，那么，在同一时间内贫困者的数量就增加了2.；5亿人，涉及28亿人，几乎是世界总人口的一半。