World Bank: Crisis to push 60mn into extreme poverty
WASHINGTON: The head of the World Bank has warned that the coronavirus crisis threatens to push some 60 million people into extreme poverty, wiping out the gains made over the past three years.
The global lending institution is already financing aid programmes in 100 countries, under its commitment to spend $160 billion over the next 15 months, bank president David Malpass said on Tuesday.
“Our estimate is that up to 60 million people will be pushed into extreme poverty, erasing all the progress made in poverty alleviation in the past three years, and our forecasts indicate a deep recession,” Malpass said. AFP