....somehow I suspect that he's privately gleeful....
Demographic trends show a billion people have lifted themselves out of poverty in the past 20 years, the report found. But swiftly expanding populations, particularly in parts of Africa, could halt the decline in the number of extremely poor people in the world, and it may even start to rise.
“Population growth in Africa is a challenge,” Gates told reporters in a telephone briefing about the report’s findings.
...here's the punchline....
Simultaneously, China's economy is disintegrating at the seams, producing one of the most massive economic shocks not seen since the 2008/09 financial crisis, as nearly two-thirds of its economy has ground to a halt. China was responsible for over half of the world's credit creation in the last decade, and if China decelerates, so does the world.
Demographic trends show a billion people have lifted themselves out of poverty in the past 20 years, the report found. But swiftly expanding populations, particularly in parts of Africa, could halt the decline in the number of extremely poor people in the world, and it may even start to rise.
“Population growth in Africa is a challenge,” Gates told reporters in a telephone briefing about the report’s findings.
...here's the punchline....
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Simultaneously, China's economy is disintegrating at the seams, producing one of the most massive economic shocks not seen since the 2008/09 financial crisis, as nearly two-thirds of its economy has ground to a halt. China was responsible for over half of the world's credit creation in the last decade, and if China decelerates, so does the world.