2019 will start with the lowest prevalence of extreme poverty ever recorded, but rates of poverty reduction are slowing—especially in Africa, which is on track to host 90% of the world's poorest people by 2030.

2019 will start with the lowest prevalence of extreme poverty ever recorded, but rates of poverty reduction are slowing—especially in Africa, which is on track to host 90% of the world's poorest people by 2030. https://t.co/6nIi8kQaJT

— Brookings (@BrookingsInst) December 31, 2018