Shameran Abed

Shameran Abed is Senior Director of Microfinance and Ultra-Poor Graduation Programs at BRAC.

How to strengthen anti-poverty efforts

From 1990 to 2019, the number of people living in extreme poverty (according to the World Bank threshold of USD 1.90 per day) plummeted, from 1.9 billion to 648 million. Covid-19 has reversed much of this progress. By the end of 2021, the pandemic will have pushed approximately 150 million people back into extreme poverty.

3y ago
July 31, 2021
July 31, 2021

How to strengthen anti-poverty efforts

From 1990 to 2019, the number of people living in extreme poverty (according to the World Bank threshold of USD 1.90 per day) plummeted, from 1.9 billion to 648 million. Covid-19 has reversed much of this progress. By the end of 2021, the pandemic will have pushed approximately 150 million people back into extreme poverty.