Project Syndicate: Keeping Poverty Reduction Front and Center

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29 July 2020
OPHI in the media

In this article in Project Syndicate, Juan Manuel Santos and Sabina Alkire discuss the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on poverty reduction and the steps ahead. 

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The latest update to the global Multidimensional Poverty Index shows that many countries have made significant progress in improving the lives of the poor over the past decade. Rather than allow these gains to be reversed by the COVID-19 pandemic, governments must seize this moment to redouble their efforts.

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