ADB paints the bleakest picture for Bangladesh (The Daily Star)

The Daily Star (Bangladesh) published an article on the future of Bangladesh and the impact of COVID-19. IFPRI estimates (see the blog post, Poverty and food insecurity could grow dramatically as COVID-19 spreads) that an additional 42 million people in South Asia could fall into extreme poverty in 2020 due to the pandemic. For Bangladesh, the ADB estimates that the pandemic is expected to drive an additional 7.7 percent of the population or close to 13 million people into poverty.