Between 1960 and 2010, the fraction of the world's population that lived on $5 a day or less ________. This can be attributed to, in part, ________.
A) fell; a shrinking global population
B) stayed about the same; global warming
C) fell; economic growth in China and India
D) rose; rising oil prices
E) rose; the financial crisis

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Economic growth in countries like China and India led to a reduction in poverty rates, resulting in a decline in the fraction of the world's population living on $5 a day or less.

Between 1960 and 2010, the Fraction of the World's Population