Publications

When the Sustainable Development Goals were launched in 2015, the goal of eliminating poverty seemed ambitious but possible. Five years later, the global community is being rocked by a public health crisis that has exposed the cracks in social protection systems, health, education and workers’ guarantees and widened inequalities within and across countries worldwide. This report provides a comprehensive picture of acute multidimensional poverty to inform the work of countries and communities building a more just future for the global poor.