Coronavirus could push global poverty past one billion mark, new study shows

Increase would mark the first absolute rise in global poverty count since 1999

The study, which was published by the United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research , called for urgent action from global leadership to address the impact of Covid-19 on world poverty., Dr Sumner proposed three forms of action to counter the effects of the pandemic. These are:

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