Poverty is falling everywhere—except in fragile states
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Poverty is falling everywhere—except in fragile states

Fragile states are the only places in the world where poverty is increasing. And by 2030, they will be home to around two-thirds of the world’s poor. At the IMF-World Bank Spring Meetings, Nonresident Senior Fellow Shanta Devarajan spoke with us about why he’s watching fragile states so closely. Subscribe! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=BrookingsInstitution Follow Brookings on social media! Facebook: http://www.Facebook.com/Brookings Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/BrookingsInst Instagram: http://www.Instagram.com/brookingsinst LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/com/company/the-brookings-institution