HIGHLIGHTS: End Poverty Day 2020: Surmounting Setbacks

Описание: After decades of steady progress in reducing extreme poverty, we are seeing a reversal of this trend. Between 88 and 150 million people will fall back into extreme poverty due to factors like COVID-19, conflict and climate change. On End Poverty Day 2020, experts made a call for smart investments to get the poorest countries back on track and small business owners shared how they are keeping their companies afloat during the crisis and protecting the jobs they provide.

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