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152. World Bank: Poverty and Shared Prosperity 2020 ― Reversals of Fortune

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In October 2020, the World Bank published the report “Poverty and Shared Prosperity 2020 - Reversals of Fortune”. According to the report, although extreme poverty was steadily declining,  this is the first time in 20 years that the number of extremely poor people will increase due to the COVID-19 crisis.

The full report is available at:

World Bank. Poverty and Shared Prosperity. https://www.worldbank.org/en/publication/poverty-and-shared-prosperity

The World Bank press release can be viewed at:

COVID-19 to add as many as 150 million extreme poor by 2021. October 7, 2020

 

Contributor: IIYAMA Miyuki (Research Strategy Office)

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