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India, China Lead in Lifting People out of Urban Slums, UN says
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CHRISTINA SCIENCE MONITOR -- A new United Nations report on the state of the world's cities indicates that 227 million people have been raised from slum conditions around the world over the past 10 years. China reduced their urban population living in slums from 37.3 percent in 2000 to 28.2 percent today. In India, nearly 60 million were lifted from slum conditions over the same time. The largest slum population is in sub-Saharan Africa with nearly 200 million, followed by southern Asia at 190 million. Read More
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