Health and Healthcare Systems
How has COVID-19 impacted world poverty?
Despite recent trends of shrinking global inequality, the pandemic has reversed that trend and is plunging many poor countries into a deeper state of poverty.
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How can we measure progress on the Sustainable Development Goals?
There's an urgent need to address data gaps for the Sustainable Development Goals in order to understand and monitor progress towards 2030.
Health and Healthcare Systems
Here's how many people COVID-19 could push into poverty, according to the World Bank
COVID-19 is likely to push between 88 and 115 million people into extreme poverty, according to the Poverty and Shared Prosperity Report 2020.
Economic Growth
COVID-19 podría empujar a 100 millones de personas a la pobreza extrema, dice el Banco Mundial
El Banco Mundial ha revisado sus predicciones sobre el impacto de COVID-19 en la pobreza mundial en un nuevo informe, estimando que hasta 100 millones de personas podrían verse obligadas ...
Health and Healthcare Systems
COVID-19 could push 100 million people into extreme poverty, says World Bank
The World Bank has revised its predictions on COVID-19's impact on global poverty in a new report, estimating up to 100 million people could be forced into extreme poverty.
Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
Here's what purchasing power parities can tell us about world poverty
In the World Bank’s global poverty measurement, PPP exchange rates are used to adjust for differences in price levels across countries. Here's what they show.