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Anti-poverty strategy offers sustained benefit for world’s ultra-poor, says new study in Science

A new six-country study shows a comprehensive approach for the ultra-poor, the approximately one billion people who live on less than $1.25 a day, boosted livelihoods, income, and health. Published in Science, the research tested the effectiveness of an approach known as the “Graduation model” in...

A "graduation" from poverty