How China beat poverty to improve the plight of 800m citizens

China has contributed to over 75 percent of the poverty reduction across the world, making itself a country with the most people lifted out of poverty. What is going on in a country that is 9,000km away shows how Nigeria can achieve an ambitious goal of lifting 100 million people out of poverty within a decade.

Nigeria is home to huge oil and gas resources, whose exports account for more than half of government’s revenue, yet the country has at least 133 million people living in poverty.

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