Extreme poverty 'set for first rise since 1998'
BBC News 109d 4 tweets
Covid-19 is expected to cause a big rise in those living on less than $1.90 a day, says the World Bank.


Ben Claimant 💚 #joinaunion 108d ago
Extreme poverty set for first rise since 1998, World Bank warns The coronavirus expected to push up to 115 million people into that category. By 2021, this could rise to 150 million. Extreme poverty is defined as living on less than £1.50 a day.
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Joe Cerrell 108d ago
Since 1998, poverty has fallen year on year. In 2020 it's set to rise. We've already lost so much to Covid, let us not lose our hard-earned progress.
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Christoph Lakner 109d ago
Updated estimates of the impact of COVID-19 on global poverty here: BBC News - Extreme poverty set for first rise since 1998, World Bank warns
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Guy P. Harrison 109d ago
Extreme poverty set for first rise since 1998, World Bank warns
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