The coronavirus pandemic may have driven as many as 100 million people back into extreme poverty, World Bank President David Malpass warned Thursday. The Washington-based development lender previously estimated that 60 million people would fall into extreme poverty due to Covid-19, but the new estimate puts the deterioration at 70 to 100 million and could go higher.source https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/world-bank-chief-warns-extreme-poverty-could-surge-by-100-million/articleshow/77666537.cms
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