HALF A BILLION MORE PEOPLE WORLDWIDE UNDER THE THREAT OF POVERTY...
Half a billion more people worldwide could be pushed into poverty amid the fallout from the coronavirus pandemic unless developing countries receive urgent help, according to a United Nations study and Oxfam International . The figure represents eight percent of the world's population, the report says, adding that a setback on this scale would be the first time that global poverty had increased in 30 years. Progress in fighting poverty would reversed by a decade, the authors add, and in some regions -- such as Sub-Saharan and North Africa, and the Middle East -- by three times as long. The analysis, carried out by researchers from Kings College London and the Australian National University, has brought immediate calls for a monumental effort to address the world's most vulnerable. 'Protect livelihoods and lives' Oxfam International is calling on world leaders "to agree an 'Economic Rescue Package for All' to keep poor countries and poor commun...