This study, conducted by UNDP and the Pardee Center for International Futures at the university of Denver assesses the impact of different COVID-19 recovery scenarios on the SDGs, evaluating multidimensional effects of the pandemic over the next decade.

This study finds that 44 million people are expected to be pushed into extreme poverty by 2030 due to COVID-19. Reversing the trend is possible with a focused sets of investments towards achieveing the sustainable developmnet goals (SDGs) which could lift 146 million people out of extreme poverty compared with projected or expected events.

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