The headline screams - India has 93 per cent of Asia's 'extremely' poor.
But then you read the details -
Of the 690 million extremely poor people in developing countries of Asia, 93 per cent are in India, according to a new report of the Asian Development Bank (ADB).
93% of 690 = 641. But the actual number -
Of these, 93 percent (357 million) are in India, the People's Republic of China (203 million), and other South Asian countries (77 million), says the report released Thursday.
357M is more like 50%. Am I missing something obvious? But there is hope -
The ADB foresees the number of people in extreme poverty in developing Asia declining from 690 million in 2002 to 150 million in 2015.
