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poverty clock  

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  • THE POVERTY CLOCK BEGAN as an idea to demonstrate the extent of poverty in the world. The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) set up the first poverty clock during the fourth World Conference on Women, in Beijing, China, on August 31, 1995. [Source: Encyclopedia of World Poverty; Poverty Clock]

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