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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Reducing inequality essential to end extreme poverty by 2030: World Bank

Reducing inequality essential to end extreme poverty by 2030: World Bank

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published Published on Oct 4, 2016   modified Modified on Oct 4, 2016
-Down to Earth

A new report by the World Bank finds that extreme poverty is falling globally

A new World Bank study on poverty and shared prosperity says that extreme poverty continues to fall worldwide despite the lethargic state of the global economy.

However, the report warns that given projected growth trends, reducing high inequality may be necessary for reaching the goal of ending extreme poverty by 2030.

In 60 out of the 83 countries covered, average incomes went up for people for 40 per cent people in the bottom of the economic pyramid between 2008 and 2013, despite the financial crisis. These countries constitute 67 per cent of the world's population.

According to “Poverty and Shared Prosperity” report, nearly 800 million people lived on less than US $ 1.90 a day in 2013. The number of extremely poor has reduced by 100 million since 2012. Progress on extreme poverty was driven mainly by East Asia and Pacific, especially China, Indonesia and India, the report finds. Half of the world's extreme poor now live in Sub-Saharan Africa, and another third live in South Asia.

A 2014 report by India’s Planning Commission estimated that 363 million or 29.5 per cent of its citizens lived below the poverty line in 2011-12. It also estimated that the India poverty ratio fell from 38.2 per cent to 29.5 per cent between 2009-10 and 2011-12, which translates to 91.6 million people progressing out of poverty.

"It's remarkable that countries have continued to reduce poverty and boost shared prosperity at a time when the global economy is underperforming - but still far too many people live with far too little," said World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim. "Unless we can resume faster global growth and reduce inequality, we risk missing our World Bank target of ending extreme poverty by 2030. The message is clear: to end poverty, we must make growth work for the poorest, and one of the surest ways to do that is to reduce high inequality, especially in those countries where many poor people live," Kim added.

Down to Earth, 2 October, 2016, http://www.downtoearth.org.in/news/reducing-inequality-essential-to-end-extreme-poverty-by-2030-world-bank-55886


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