Embargoed for media release until Tuesday, November 6, 2007, 12 Noon Washington, DC time/17:00 GMT

• Press Release
  • The World's Poorest People Not Being Reached
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• Fact Sheets
  • Summary of Key Findings
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  • Trends in Global $1 a Day Poverty (by region, 1990-2004)
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• Graphic
  • The World's Most Deprived: Looking below the Dollar-a-Day Poverty Line
    Download in PDF: (PDF 358K)
    Download in JPEG: (PDF 338K)
• Biographies
  • Akhter Ahmed
  • Ruth Vargas Hill
  • Joachim von Braun
• Photo
  • © 2004 Anna Temu/IFPRI
    Despite much progress reducing poverty worldwide, 162 million of the world's poorest people still struggle to live on less than 50 cents a day.
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• Report
  • The World's Most Deprived: Characteristics and Causes of Extreme Poverty and Hunger
    by Akhter U. Ahmed, Ruth Vargas Hill, Lisa C. Smith, Doris M. Wiesmann, and Tim Frankenberger
    Executive Summary: (PDF 68K)
• Related Publications
  • Taking Action for the World's Poor and Hungry People
    IFPRI's Call for A Way Forward
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  • Taking Action for the World's Poor and Hungry People
    The 2020 Conference at a Glance
    Download: (PDF 312K)
• For more information, please contact:
  • Michael Rubinstein, m.rubinstein@cgiar.org, +1-202-862-5670
  • Michele Pietrowski, m.pietrowski@cgiar.org, +1-202-862-4630
  • Veronica O'Connor, v.oconnor@cgiar.org, +1-312-876-9025