World Bank "Extreme Poverty" Deteriorated for the First Time in 20 Years Due to the Impact of the New Corona, October 8, 8:05
The World Bank compiled a report on world poverty on the 7th, and the number of extremely poor people living for less than 200 yen a day has exceeded 700 million, and the improvement trend that has continued for the past 20 years is the new coronavirus. We announced the prospect that the impact will turn worse.
According to the report, the number of "extremely poor people" who live at $ 1.90 a day and less than JPY 200 in Japanese yen is expected to reach 729.3 million.
This means that the number of people is more than 100 million more than initially estimated, accounting for 9.4% of the world's population, and the improvement trend that has continued for the past 20 years or more is now worsening.
Regarding the reason, the World Bank cites the deterioration of the employment environment due to the spread of the new coronavirus and the frequent occurrence of regional conflicts that promote the increase of the poor due to the effects of the global recession. If the infection does not subside, the number of these extremely poor people is expected to increase by 150 million next year from the initial estimate.
In a statement, World Bank Governor Malpas said, "We must support the reconstruction of developing countries and prepare for a new economy after the corona," saying that support is needed mainly in developing countries with many poor people. I appealed.