Previous Poverty and Shared Prosperity Reports have conveyed the
difficult message that the world is not on track to meet the global
goal of reducing extreme poverty to 3 percent by 2030. This edition
brings the unwelcome news that COVID-19, along with conflict and
climate change, has not merely slowed global poverty reduction but
reversed it for first time in over twenty years. With COVID-19
predicted to push up to 100 million additional people into extreme
poverty in 2020, trends in global poverty rates will be set back at
least three years over the next decade. Today, 40 percent of the
global poor live in fragile or conflict-affected situations, a
share that could reach two-thirds by 2030. Multiple effects of
climate change could drive an estimated 65 to 129 million people
into poverty in the same period. 'Reversing the reversal' will
require responding effectively to COVID-19, conflict, and climate
change while not losing focus on the challenges that most poor
people continue to face most of the time. Though these are
distinctive types of challenges, there is much to be learned from
the initial response to COVID-19 that has broader implications for
development policy and practice, just as decades of addressing more
familiar development challenges yield insights that can inform
responses to today's unfamiliar but daunting ones. Solving novel
problems requires rapid learning, open cooperation, and strategic
coordination by everyone: from political leaders and scientists to
practitioners and citizens.
General
| Imprint: |
World Bank Publications
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| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Release date: |
2021 |
| Authors: |
World Bank
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| Dimensions: |
270 x 203mm (L x W) |
| Format: |
Paperback
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| Pages: |
197 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-4648-1602-4 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Social sciences >
General
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| LSN: |
1-4648-1602-6 |
| Barcode: |
9781464816024 |
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