The coronavirus pandemic could push half a billion people into poverty

Apr 12, 2020

Workers of a local factory begin the production of personal protective gear for local frontline health workers as commissioned by the government, during the partial lockdown in Accra to slow the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Accra, Ghana April 10, 2020. REUTERS/Francis Kokoroko - RC2T1G9ANDZ0

Global poverty levels could increase for the first time since 1990. Image: REUTERS/Francis Kokoroko

Niall McCarthy

Data Journalist, Statista

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