and worsening climate crisis. If poverty re- duction efforts are not scaled up, an estimated 8.9% of the global population will still be liv- ing in extreme poverty by 2030 (UN, 2025a). come increasingly uneven. Poverty rates have The extreme poverty rate decreased, but the income countries, but remain above the pre- COVID level in low-income countries (UN, came more uneven. In 2024, the global extreme 2025b). There is a growing concentration of ex- poverty rate was 8.5% (692 million people), a marginal decline from 2023 and below thetreme poverty, with about three-quarters of the erated, with the number of people in extreme poverty declining by only 1.9% in 2024, far ing poverty rate' continued to decline. The during 2010-2014. Poverty reduction efforts social protection benefit increased from 42.8% regional conflicts, growing trade uncertainties,