Global goal to end poverty by 2030 unlikely to be met, World Bank says
Tuesday, September 25, 2018
By Sonia Elks
The number of people living on less than $1.90 a day has fallen to record low of about 655 million – or 9 percent of the world’s population – but a global target of ending extreme poverty by 2030 is unlikely to be met, the World Bank said on Wednesday.
Without significant shifts in policy, about 480 million people – some 6 percent of the world – will remain in extreme poverty in 2030, the majority in poor African countries which are lagging behind, it said in a forecast document.
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