Luis Felipe López-Calva Profile picture
Global Director, Poverty and Equity @WBG_Poverty Equitable Growth, Finance & Institutions @WorldBank https://t.co/Mh3SJcN6kp
Oct 28, 2022 4 tweets 3 min read
Do you know that 2020 and 2022 are the two worst years for #poverty reduction since at least 1990? Why?

The pandemic dealt the largest setback to global-poverty reduction efforts. (1/4) The #income losses of the world’s poorest were twice as high as the world’s richest in 2020.

The poorest also faced large setbacks in #health and #education, with devastating consequences, including premature mortality, and pronounced learning losses. (2/4)