Washington, United States - The Covid-19 pandemic caused a sharp slowdown in the fight to end child poverty, with 333
The Covid-19 pandemic caused a sharp slowdown in the fight to end child poverty, with 333 million children still living in extreme poverty, according to a report published Wednesday.
As a result, around one in six children still live on less than $2.15 per day, according to the report. The report’s findings throw a spanner in the works of the UN’s ambitious goal to eradicate extreme child poverty by 2030. The report found that 40 percent of children in sub-Saharan Africa still live in extreme poverty — the highest percentage of anywhere in the world.
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