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Press release: COVID-19 could drive global poverty back over one billion people as the world’s poorest face up to US$500 million per day in lost income
In dramatic new numbers researchers estimate that extreme poverty could spike as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, on the day the postponed meeting of the world’s richest nations, the G7, should have finished. The researchers are now calling for...
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Patricia Justino presents at a UN General Assembly side event
World Bank and Brazil's G20 Presidency host a side event in New York on 23 September 2024 during the UN General Assembly High-level Week. The event gathers ministerial-level participants to discuss pathways to advance on the goal of eradicating...
Mon, 23 September 2024
World Bank New York Office,
New York,
United States
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Press release: Progress on poverty reduction falling short of Global Goals – New projections predict extreme poverty on the rise in low-income countries
