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Coronavirus pulling millions of people back into poverty

Coronavirus pulling millions of people back into poverty

Experts say that for the first time since 1998, global poverty will increase. At least a half billion people could slip into destitution by the end of the year. She was just 12 when she dropped out of school and began clocking in for endless shifts at one of the garment factories springing up in Bangladesh, hoping to pull her family out of poverty.

MILLIONS HAD RISEN OUT OF POVERTY. CORONAVIRUS IS PULLING THEM BACK.

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