Publication: How Much Will Poverty Rise in Sub-Saharan Africa in 2020?
Date
2020-05
ISSN
Published
2020-05
Author(s)
Montes, Jose
Silwal, Ani
Newhouse, David
Chen, Frances
Swindle, Rachel
Tian, Siwei
Abstract
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.
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Citation
“Montes, Jose; Silwal, Ani; Newhouse, David; Chen, Frances; Swindle, Rachel; Tian, Siwei. 2020. How Much Will Poverty Rise in Sub-Saharan Africa in 2020?. © World Bank, Washington, DC. http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33765 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”