According to a new study, the risk of poverty and unemployment continues to increase worldwide due to the coronavirus epidemic. Researchers said on Friday that the economic decline due to the Coronavirus could make 395 million people very poor. The number of people who earn $ 1.90 (about Rs. 145) a day may increase to one billion worldwide.
What does Research says:
A research conducted by King's College of London and the Australian National University showed that poverty levels in middle-income developing countries increased rapidly. Millions of people live above the poverty line in these countries. Countries like Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Pakistan and the Philippines have been mentioned in research where the risk of poverty may be high.
The report, published by the United Nations University, studied through several scenarios. It defined people who earn $ 1.90 or less per day in extreme poverty and less than $ 5.50 in higher poverty, taking into account the various poverty lines of the World Bank.
According to the study, the number of people living in extreme poverty may increase to 1.12 billion. The number of people earning $ 5.50 in high-middle-income countries may exceed 3.7 billion. Andy Sumner, one of the authors of the report, said, "The outlook for the poorest people in the world is critical and it will remain so until governments do more and sooner for these people." He said that the result is that there can be a rapid increase in poverty and the United Nations goal of ending poverty can remain a dream.
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