Og inden nogen finder kæphesten frem om at det ligemeget de allerrigeste bliver rigere, bare dem i bunden følger med, er her en passus fra exec-summary: "Yet, in the decade since 2020, this is no longer the case. The reduction in poverty has largely ground to a halt, with poverty rising again in Africa. In 2022, nearly half of the world population (48%), or 3.83 billion people, lived in poverty."