In Recent Decades the Third World's Rate of Poverty (The

In recent decades the Third World's rate of poverty (the poor as a percentage of the total population)

A) has declined in India and China
B) has risen for the Third World generally.
C) has declined at about the same rate in the major regions of the developing world.
D) declined in the closing decades of the 20^th century but then rose sharply during the financial crisis of the early 21^st century.
E) has remained rather static.