Aide Memoire: 450 Million Indians Living Below World Bank Poverty Line; 5 Million Cambodians Living Below World Bank Poverty Line

At the nonprofit restaurant Friends, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, lunch is served by former street children. Despite the nation's galloping economy, about a third of Cambodians still live on less than a dollar a day.

Photo and caption credit: Basil Childers and The New York Times

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CARE

American Friends Service Committee

Cambodian Children's Fund

World Bank