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I wonder how much of this was because of China's anti-poverty programs.
Almost all of it. If you take out growth in countries that were under a Socialist government at the time, most metrics like HDI and life expectancy have basically been plateaued for the last 100 years, with very small, gradual gains.
A huge amount. The goal was to eliminate extreme poverty by 2020 and for the last few years before then China made a big push and completed their goal a little early.