Wars, debt, climate crisis and Covid have halted anti-poverty fight – World Bank

Setbacks mean UN goal of ending extreme poverty by 2030 is impossible to hit, report finds

Wars, debt, the climate crisis and the pandemic have combined to halt progress in the fight against poverty, the World Bank has warned.

The Washington-based institution said on current trends it would take more than three decades to lift the near-700 million people living on less than $2.15 (1.64) a day above the widely accepted definition of extreme poverty.