How Much Will Poverty Rise in Sub-Saharan Africa in 2020?

The ongoing coronavirus pandemic is expected to drastically slow 2020 GDP per capita growth in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) by about 5 percentage points compared to pre-pandemic forecasts. This note presents results from an analysis of a comprehensive...

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Main Authors:	Montes, Jose, Silwal, Ani, Newhouse, David, Chen, Frances, Swindle, Rachel, Tian, Siwei
Format:	Brief
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2020
Subjects:	POVERTY ASSESSMENT CORONAVIRUS COVID-19 INTERNATIONAL POVERTY LINE ECONOMIC SHOCK ECONOMIC CRISIS POVERTY IMPACT PANDEMIC ECONOMIC GROWTH HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS INCOME DISTRIBUTION SELF-EMPLOYMENT
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/607011589560173878/How-Much-Will-Poverty-Rise-in-Sub-Saharan-Africa-in-2020 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33765

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spelling	okr-10986-337652021-09-16T19:10:28Z How Much Will Poverty Rise in Sub-Saharan Africa in 2020? Montes, Jose Silwal, Ani Newhouse, David Chen, Frances Swindle, Rachel Tian, Siwei POVERTY ASSESSMENT CORONAVIRUS COVID-19 INTERNATIONAL POVERTY LINE ECONOMIC SHOCK ECONOMIC CRISIS POVERTY IMPACT PANDEMIC ECONOMIC GROWTH HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS INCOME DISTRIBUTION SELF-EMPLOYMENT The ongoing coronavirus pandemic is expected to drastically slow 2020 GDP per capita growth in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) by about 5 percentage points compared to pre-pandemic forecasts. This note presents results from an analysis of a comprehensive database of surveys from 45 of 48 SSA countries to examine the effects of the project fall in growth on poverty in the region. An additional 26 million people in SSA, and as much as 58 million, may fall into extreme poverty defined by the international poverty line of 1.90 US Dollars per day in 2011 PPP. The poverty rate for SSA will likely increase more than two percentage points, setting back poverty reduction in the region by about 5 years. 2020-05-18T15:32:15Z 2020-05-18T15:32:15Z 2020-05 Brief http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/607011589560173878/How-Much-Will-Poverty-Rise-in-Sub-Saharan-Africa-in-2020 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33765 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work Economic & Sector Work :: Other Poverty Study Africa Sub-Saharan Africa
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topic	POVERTY ASSESSMENT CORONAVIRUS COVID-19 INTERNATIONAL POVERTY LINE ECONOMIC SHOCK ECONOMIC CRISIS POVERTY IMPACT PANDEMIC ECONOMIC GROWTH HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS INCOME DISTRIBUTION SELF-EMPLOYMENT
spellingShingle	POVERTY ASSESSMENT CORONAVIRUS COVID-19 INTERNATIONAL POVERTY LINE ECONOMIC SHOCK ECONOMIC CRISIS POVERTY IMPACT PANDEMIC ECONOMIC GROWTH HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS INCOME DISTRIBUTION SELF-EMPLOYMENT Montes, Jose Silwal, Ani Newhouse, David Chen, Frances Swindle, Rachel Tian, Siwei How Much Will Poverty Rise in Sub-Saharan Africa in 2020?
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description	The ongoing coronavirus pandemic is expected to drastically slow 2020 GDP per capita growth in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) by about 5 percentage points compared to pre-pandemic forecasts. This note presents results from an analysis of a comprehensive database of surveys from 45 of 48 SSA countries to examine the effects of the project fall in growth on poverty in the region. An additional 26 million people in SSA, and as much as 58 million, may fall into extreme poverty defined by the international poverty line of 1.90 US Dollars per day in 2011 PPP. The poverty rate for SSA will likely increase more than two percentage points, setting back poverty reduction in the region by about 5 years.
format	Brief
author	Montes, Jose Silwal, Ani Newhouse, David Chen, Frances Swindle, Rachel Tian, Siwei
author_facet	Montes, Jose Silwal, Ani Newhouse, David Chen, Frances Swindle, Rachel Tian, Siwei
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title	How Much Will Poverty Rise in Sub-Saharan Africa in 2020?
title_short	How Much Will Poverty Rise in Sub-Saharan Africa in 2020?
title_full	How Much Will Poverty Rise in Sub-Saharan Africa in 2020?
title_fullStr	How Much Will Poverty Rise in Sub-Saharan Africa in 2020?
title_full_unstemmed	How Much Will Poverty Rise in Sub-Saharan Africa in 2020?
title_sort	how much will poverty rise in sub-saharan africa in 2020?
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2020
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/607011589560173878/How-Much-Will-Poverty-Rise-in-Sub-Saharan-Africa-in-2020 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33765
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