The Asia-Pacific Region Is ‘Growing’, but Millions Are Living in Poverty

If current urbanisation trends continue, an additional 500 million people could be living in cities in the Asia-Pacific region by 2020. Credit: Padmanaba01/CC-BY-2.0

If current urbanisation trends continue, an additional 500 million people could be living in cities in the Asia-Pacific region by 2020. Credit: Padmanaba01/CC-BY-2.0

ipsnews.net – UNITED NATIONS, May 14 2015 (IPS) – Home to an estimated 3.74 billion people, the Asia-Pacific region holds over half the global population, determining to a great extent the level of economic stability, or chaos, in the world. Tiếp tục đọc “The Asia-Pacific Region Is ‘Growing’, but Millions Are Living in Poverty”