Goal to end poverty by 2030 'unlikely'

By Sonia Elks
Updated September 20 2018 - 12:41am, first published 12:39am
Some 480 million people are forecast to be living in extreme poverty by 2030, the World Bank says.
Some 480 million people are forecast to be living in extreme poverty by 2030, the World Bank says.

The number of people living on less than $US1.90 ($A2.62) a day has fallen but a global target of ending extreme poverty by 2030 is unlikely to be met, the World Bank says.

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