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Pandemia pode mergulhar 500 milhões na pobreza

By Jordi Bou

April 9, 2020 - Mais 500 milhões de pessoas podem ser empurradas para a pobreza
pela quebra económica devida à pandemia de coronavírus.

A report released by the Nairobi-based charity Oxfam ahead of the virtual meetings of finance ministers of the G20 group of leading developed and developing nations, the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, calculated the impact of the crisis on global poverty due to shrinking household incomes or consumption.

The research – conducted by King’s College London and the Australian National University – said that a 20% drop in income as a result of a recession caused by Covid-19 would push an additional 548 million people below $5.50 a day – one of the World Bank’s definitions of poverty.

By the time the pandemic is over half of the world's population of 7.8 billion people could be living in poverty. About 40% of the new poor could be concentrated in East Asia and the Pacific, with about one third in both Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia.

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PUBLISHED: 14/04/2020; STORY: Graphic News
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