BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM In 2005, more than half of Paraguay’s population lived in poverty. By 2025, that share had fallen to 16 percent. A third of the country’s population crossed that threshold over two decades; around 300,000 more did so in just the last two years. A World Bank analysis published in April 2026 examined the drivers behind those results. Its central finding: the primary force behind poverty reduction in 2025 was gr…
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