How can we eradicate poverty by 2030?

Nov 19, 2018

A man picks through rubbish on a road in Cairo, Egypt October 29, 2018. Picture taken October 29, 2018. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany - RC1DD71C9A40

Between January 2016 and June 2018, an estimated 83 million people were lifted out of extreme poverty. Image: REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany

M Niaz Asadullah

Professor of Development Economics, University of Malaya

Antonio Savoia

Senior Lecturer in Development Economics, University of Manchester

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