If the 1980 Extreme and Moderate Poverty Rates of the World

Multiple Choice

If the 1980 extreme and moderate poverty rates of the world were present today, there would be

A) no change in the number of people classified as poor, because the world's extreme and moderate poverty rates are virtually the same today as in 1980.
B) approximately one billion more people living in extreme poverty today, but no change in the number living in moderate poverty.
C) approximately 2 billion more people living in both extreme and moderate poverty today.
D) approximately 1 billion fewer people living in both extreme and moderate poverty today.