Matters of Scale.

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MATTERS OF SCALE Some Encouraging Trends Number of countries that had 0 abolished the death penalty by 1900 Number that had abolished it by 66 2000 Number of countries that had 0 voting rights for all adults, in 1900 Number that have full voting 190 rights for all their adults now Percentage of people in Malaysia 60 who lived in poverty in 1960 Percentage living in poverty now 14 Child mortality per 1,000 live 168 births in developing countries in 1980 Child mortality in those 93 countries in 1980 Number of countries that had 60 ratified the Convention on Rights of the Child by 1980 Number that had ratified it by 1999...