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Surge in global food prices, ongoing impact of Covid and rising global inequality threaten the poorest 
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Covid-19 is expected to cause a big rise in those living on less than $1.90 a day, says the World Bank.
Graham Watson's insight:
Awful news from the World Bank: absolute poverty is set to rise for the first time in over 20 years, with the coronavirus pandemic pushing another 115 million people back into a situation where they are living on less than $1.90 per day, and there are even suggestions that this number could rise in 2021 too.
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There are many means by which government and the market can improve opportunities
Graham Watson's insight:
A look at inequality across the pond, with Michael Boskin looking at various aspects of US inequality which touchs on important themes such as relative versus absolute poverty, and equality of opportunity and social mobility.
Hassan Rasheed's curator insight,
October 23, 2020 1:19 PM
This article magnifies the inequality present in different countries. For example, China's inequality has rapidly increased over the last few decades while countries with more welfare based programs such as Denmark are the least unequal. The topic of inequality had been a common theme in the United States over the last 5 years. The inequality brought up is usually racial, monetary, or social.
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Oxfam has highlighted the implications of the war in Ukraine for the world's poor, with rising food prices potentially pushing over 250m people into extreme poverty.