Poverty in the pandemic: who is bearing the brunt?
By AFP
13 December 2020 |
1:22 pm
The year 2020 should have been marked by a further reduction in poverty around the world, but instead the Covid-19 pandemic has reversed decades of progress. According to estimates by the World Bank, up to 115 million people could be pushed into extreme poverty in 2020 as a result of Covid-19.
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