Azevedo, Joao Pedro2020-12-022020-12-022020-12-01https://hdl.handle.net/10986/34850This brief summarizes the results of simulations estimating the potential impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic in learning poverty. Of 720 million primary school age children, 382 million are learning poor, either out of school or below the minimum proficiency level in reading. COVID-19 could boost that number by an additional 72 million to 454 million. In a post-COVID-19 scenario of no remediation and low mitigation effectiveness for the effects of school closures, simulations show learning poverty increasing from 53 percent of primary-school-age children to 63 percent.CC BY 3.0 IGOEDUCATIONCORONAVIRUSCOVID-19PANDEMIC IMPACTLEARNING LOSSLEARNING POVERTYSCHOOL CLOSUREPRIMARY EDUCATIONLEARNING DEPRIVATIONBriefWorld Bank10.1596/34850