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World Bank 1.2 billion of the world's six billion people live on less than a dollar a day, according to the World Bank's annual report on global development, released today. Sub-Saharan Africa is suffering the world's most dire poverty, while conditions in East Asian and Pacific nations are improving. NPR's Kathleen Schalch reports.

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1.2 billion of the world's six billion people live on less than a dollar a day, according to the World Bank's annual report on global development, released today. Sub-Saharan Africa is suffering the world's most dire poverty, while conditions in East Asian and Pacific nations are improving. NPR's Kathleen Schalch reports.