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19991101_poverty2_rkg_059Mankind has passed some significant milestones recently, which symbolise a changing world:

- During the second half of last year, China´s merchandise exports exceeded America´s.

- In the first three months this year, Toyota became the world´s biggest carmaker, pushing General Motors down to second place, after 76 years in first place.

- Last year, the emerging economies´ share of world GDP was bigger than the developed countries´ share.

- The World Bank recently estimated that the number of people in extreme poverty dropped below one billion.

- For the first time ever, the urban population worldwide is bigger than the rural.

- For the first time, more people worldwide work in the service sector than in agriculture (the biggest employer the last 10,000 years).


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