Zimbabwe: Zim Extreme Poverty Surges to 34 Percent As 1 Million More Added to Poor Bracket - World Bank

18 October 2019

Extreme poverty in Zimbabwe has risen to 34 percent, with 1 million more citizens now added to the existing 4.7 million, World Bank (WB) said in a recent Poverty and Equity brief.

The global lender said there has been a significant growth in the country's poverty rate over the past years owing to natural disasters, among other factors.

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