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Why 300 million more people are suddenly poor

By Jina Moore

Why 300 million more people are suddenly poor

A United Nations index takes a multidimensional look at poverty and finds spikes from 'rising tiger' India to Hungary.

A girl collects water from a pond in the drought affected region of Moyale, Ethiopia in June 2009. A UN index has doubled the number of poor in Ethiopia, where 39 percent of people live on less than $1.25 a day.

Irada Humbatova/Reuters

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Why 300 million more people are suddenly poor

A United Nations index takes a multidimensional look at poverty and finds spikes from &apos;rising tiger&apos; India to Hungary.

A United Nations index takes a multidimensional look at poverty and finds spikes from 'rising tiger' India to Hungary.