What’s the latest poverty statistic in your country? How old is it? What’s your country doing to address poverty?
The only policymaker in this region that I see discussing the poverty level & citing recent (record low) statistics is the Hon
@NigelClarkeJa
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@Marladukharan
@NigelClarkeJa
Our policymakers are not discussing the poverty neither, however we have some numbers that show us how worse it has become. For instance: inflation rate December 2021-2022 was 47%.
@Marladukharan
@NigelClarkeJa
I suspect poverty levels became worse during the pandemic as well. I've always wondered what it would take to eliminate poverty. I have never been able to see an answer to that question.
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@Marladukharan
@NigelClarkeJa
Well having a discussion about poverty level and actually doing something about it are about as far as the east is from the west.