COVID-19 crisis could see number of extreme poor rise to 1.1 billion worldwide: Researchers

COVID-19 crisis could see number of extreme poor rise to 1.1 billion worldwide: Researchers

Channel NewsAsia - World·2020-06-12 07:42

LONDON: The economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic could plunge an extra 395 million people into extreme poverty and swell the total number of those living on less than US$1.90 a day worldwide to more than 1 billion, researchers said in a report on Friday (Jun 12).

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