Evaluating a Policy Argument on Global Poverty
At an international development conference, a speaker makes the following claim: 'For most of modern history, widespread, extreme poverty was the norm. The significant, rapid reduction of this poverty is a relatively recent phenomenon, occurring mostly within the last century.'
You are tasked with fact-checking this speaker's claim using only the data presented in the graph below. Is the speaker's claim supported by the evidence in the graph? Explain your reasoning by referencing specific time periods and approximate data points from the graph.
[Image of Figure 1.3: Share of the World Population in Extreme Poverty (1820–2018)]
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