Every second extreme poor in the world is a child India has some 52 million children in extreme poverty, according to an assessment by World Bank and UNICEF
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World’s extremely poor population — living below the international $2.15 (Rs 178.38) poverty line — is increasingly being added by children. In 2022, children accounted for 52.5 per cent of the total extreme poor population in the world, according to a new global assessment Global Trends in Child Monetary Poverty According to International Poverty Lines by the World Bank Group and UNICEF. Or, every second poor in the world is a child. The share of children in the poor population is increasing. “The share of the extreme poor who are children is continuing to increase. In 2022, children comprised 52.5 percent of the extreme poor, up from 47.3 in 2013,” said the assessment.
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