EXTREME POVERTY – This is how we can save millions of people from extreme poverty after COVID-19 (Douglas Broom, WEF)

Volunteers help at the City of Inglewood's annual Thanksgiving Turkey Giveaway during the COVID-19 outbreak, in California, U.S., November 23, 2020.      REUTERS/Mike Blake - RC299K9AJOJJ
The COVID-19 pandemic could push another 200 million people into extreme poverty. Image: REUTERS/Mike Blake
  • Millions more people could be pushed into extreme poverty by the COVID-19 pandemic, a new United Nations study says.
  • A sluggish economic recovery will add 200 million to the number of the world’s poorest.
  • But this could be avoided if we accelerate global development efforts.
  • If we take the right actions, the number in extreme poverty could even fall.

https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2020/12/this-is-how-we-can-save-millions-of-people-from-extreme-poverty-after-covid-19/

Marco Emanuele
Marco Emanuele è appassionato di cultura della complessità, cultura della tecnologia e relazioni internazionali. Approfondisce il pensiero di Hannah Arendt, Edgar Morin, Raimon Panikkar. Marco ha insegnato Evoluzione della Democrazia e Totalitarismi, è l’editor di The Global Eye e scrive per The Science of Where Magazine. Marco Emanuele is passionate about complexity culture, technology culture and international relations. He delves into the thought of Hannah Arendt, Edgar Morin, Raimon Panikkar. He has taught Evolution of Democracy and Totalitarianisms. Marco is editor of The Global Eye and writes for The Science of Where Magazine.

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