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Poverty

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Programme
21 December 2022
Social Policy
UNICEF works to mitigate child poverty and improve social welfare systems.
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Press release
13 September 2023
Children bearing brunt of stalled progress on extreme poverty reduction worldwide
333 million children globally survive on less than US$2.15 a day as new analysis reveals three lost years due to COVID-19
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Press release
17 October 2022
Child poverty across eastern Europe and Central Asia soars by 19 per cent, as Ukraine war and rising inflation drive four million children into poverty - UNICEF
On the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, UNICEF warns that the ripple effects of the increase in child poverty could result in a steep rise in school dropouts and infant mortality
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Press release
10 March 2022
Two thirds of households with children have lost income during pandemic
UNICEF-World Bank report finds that the lost earnings have left adults in 1 in 4 households with children going a day or more without food
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Press release
11 December 2021
COVID-19 ‘biggest global crisis for children in our 75-year history’ – UNICEF
On its 75th anniversary, UNICEF warns that COVID-19 is rolling back virtually every measure of progress for children, including a staggering 100 million more children plunged into poverty
poverty
Press release
20 October 2020
1 in 6 children lives in extreme poverty, World Bank-UNICEF analysis shows
The pre-COVID-19 analysis reveals that 356 million children struggle to survive on less than $1.90 a day, two-thirds of them in sub-Saharan Africa
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Press release
17 September 2020
150 million additional children plunged into poverty due to COVID-19, UNICEF, Save the Children say
New analysis reveals the number of children living in multidimensional poverty – without access to education, health, housing, nutrition, sanitation, or water – has increased by 15 per cent since the start of the pandemic
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Press release
17 June 2020
Universal child benefits critical in reducing poverty, new ODI and UNICEF report finds
As the economic fallout of COVID-19 deepens, investment in social protection systems key to protecting families from catastrophic levels of deprivation and financial hardship
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Press release
28 May 2020
COVID-19: Number of children living in household poverty to soar by up to 86 million by end of year
New analysis from Save the Children and UNICEF reveals that without urgent action, the number of children living in poor households across low- and middle-income countries could increase by 15 per cent, to reach 672 million
Document
28 May 2020
Children in monetary poor households and COVID-19

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