- Between 1980 and 2000, world poverty declined from 44 per cent to 13 per cent
- Developing world's economic growth at 3.1 per cent was nearly double of developed world's
- For every 10 per cent rise in income of the non-poor, there was an 18 per cent rise in the income of the poor
- World individual income inequality in 2000 was the lowest in the post-World War II era