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Unicef: 385 million children around the world live in extreme poverty

New joint report out from the World Bank and the UN's children's charity, UNICEF, says children are more than twice as likely as adults to live in extreme poverty. Martin Evans is UNICEF's Senior Adviser on Poverty.

(Picture: children playing in front of their home in one of Africa's largest slums. Credit: ROBERTO SCHMIDT/AFP/Getty Images)

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