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Here appear occasional jottings of my random musings. Profound or jejune, they reveal the contours of my mental universe, with world history, intellectual history, civilizations, philosophy, religion, society, knowledge, and books as some major themes. Since May 2011, this blog has been exclusively focused on Singapore. All my other reflections are now posted in "Notes from Noosphere" (see link under "Miscellany" on the right margin).
Saturday, October 30, 2010
World Poverty with Worldmapper
In 2002, an estimated 17% of the world population (1073 million) lived on US$1 a day, or less (source). An estimated 43% of the world population (2698 million) lived on US$2 a day, or less (source).
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