China is the clearest example, where extreme poverty (the proportion of those living under USD 1.25 a day in purchasing power parity) decreased from 60.73% of the population in 1990 to 6.3% in 2013 (World Bank, 2015). Extreme poverty was only 0.31% in Thailand and 3.93% in Viet Nam in 2010. In comparison, in Tanzania it declined from 72% to 43.5% from 1990 to 2010, while in Cote d’Ivoire it actually rose from 13.76% to 35% over the same period. The success of the Asian countries in reducing poverty compared to those in sub-Saharan Africa can be attributed to a variety of factors, including governance capacity, infrastructure investment, and early health and education policies that enabled demographic transitions and structural transformations.