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For the first time in
. . . 150 years, more of the global middle class will be in Asia,
. . . rather than the West in the coming years.
By 2030, there are projected to be
. . . 4.9 billion people in the middle class out of an estimated
. . . 8.6 billion in the world. Of this,
. . . 3 billion will be in Asia.

The World Bank, estimates that
. . . East Asia is on the brink,
. . . of eradicating abject poverty.

As poverty falls,
. . . the middle class grows,
. . . in the fastest growing region of the world.

1-1-2018 Source:  lifting people out of extreme #poverty