Four-year achievementsOver the past four years since Dr. Houngbo has been elected as IFAD president in 2017, IFAD targeted 36 percent more poor and vulnerable people. Decades of progress on extreme poverty are now in reverse due to the COVID-19 pandemic. We can achieve a fairer and more equitable world, a world without abject poverty, a world without hunger,” Houngbo said. “The COVID-19 pandemic and the climate crisis should drive home the message to all – rich and poor, weak or powerful – that their destinies are intertwined. An additional 132 million more people may also go hungry due to the socio-economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Source: Egypt Today February 17, 2021 22:41 UTC