An Afghan child works at a brick factory in Kabul. As the global economic mood sours, the plight of the world’s poorest people is set to worsen. Photo: Xinhua
An Afghan child works at a brick factory in Kabul. As the global economic mood sours, the plight of the world’s poorest people is set to worsen. Photo: Xinhua
Ceyla Pazarbasioglu
Opinion

Opinion

Macroscope by Ceyla Pazarbasioglu

As the global economy slows, spare a thought for the world’s poorest

  • Global growth is weakening, which will make it harder for the world’s poorest countries to climb out of poverty. The rest of the world must help, not least because of the impact of entrenched poverty on global security and migration

Ceyla Pazarbasioglu

Updated: 6:29am, 27 Jun, 2019

Why you can trust SCMP
An Afghan child works at a brick factory in Kabul. As the global economic mood sours, the plight of the world’s poorest people is set to worsen. Photo: Xinhua
An Afghan child works at a brick factory in Kabul. As the global economic mood sours, the plight of the world’s poorest people is set to worsen. Photo: Xinhua
READ FULL ARTICLE