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The Impact of COVID-19 on Global Inequality and Poverty

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dc.contributor.authorYonzan, Nishant
dc.contributor.authorMahler, Daniel Gerszon
dc.contributor.authorLakner, Christoph
dc.date.accessioned2022-10-06T14:50:26Z
dc.date.available2022-10-06T14:50:26Z
dc.date.issued2022-10
dc.description.abstractThe COVID-19 pandemic has had catastrophic economic and human consequences worldwide. This paper tries to quantify the consequences of the pandemic on global inequality and poverty in 2020. Since face-to-face household survey data collection largely came to a halt during the pandemic, a combination of data sources is used to estimate the impacts on poverty and inequality. This includes actual household survey data, where available, high-frequency phone surveys, and country-level estimates from the literature on the impact of the pandemic on poverty and inequality. The results suggest that the world in 2020 witnessed the largest increase to global inequality and poverty since at least 1990. This paper estimates that COVID-19 increased the global Gini index by 0.7 point and global extreme poverty (using a poverty line of $2.15 per day) by 90 million people compared to counterfactual without the pandemic. These findings are primarily driven by country-level shocks to average incomes and an increase in inequality between countries. Changes to inequality within countries were mixed and relatively modest.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099250510052241154/IDU01d94e70603dc804f990b6130751d75dccb52
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-10198
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/38114
dc.languageEnglish
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dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Papers;10198
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subjectGLOBAL CONSEQUENCES OF COVID-19
dc.subjectGLOBAL POVERTY DATA
dc.subjectGLOBAL INEQUALITY
dc.subjectCOVID-19 PANDEMIC IMPACT
dc.subjectCOVID POVERTY IMPACT
dc.titleThe Impact of COVID-19 on Global Inequality and Povertyen
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okr.crossref.titleThe Impact of COVID-19 on Global Inequality and Poverty
okr.date.disclosure2022-10-05
okr.date.doiregistration2025-04-10T10:17:29.690539Z
okr.date.lastmodified2022-10-05T00:00:00Zen
okr.doctypePolicy Research Working Paper
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okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-10198
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okr.region.geographicalWorld
okr.topicHealth, Nutrition and Population::Health and Poverty
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Inequality
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Poverty Assessment
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Poverty Impact Evaluation
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Poverty Monitoring & Analysis
okr.unitIndicators and Data Services (DECIS)
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