The UN Statistical Commission has just approved an indicator to measure public money spent on the world’s poorest people. Its impact on global efforts to eradicate poverty could be profound. 

Covid-19 is putting a strain on societies and economies around the world, and the poor who are carrying the burden of the disease, both in high-income countries as well as in developing contexts. Today, the World Bank has published its first assessment of the economic impact of Covid-19 in Sub-Saharan Africa, showing the devastating effects the new coronavirus is likely to have on the world’s poorest continent.

New research and estimates on the potential socio-economic impact of COVID-19 across child poverty, health & nutrition, education and protection.