2022 flood poverty effect

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World Bank estimated the floods could increase poverty by 3.7–4.0 percentage points, adding 8.4–9.1 million people to poverty. — 2022 flood poverty effect · 2022 estimateWorld Bank · 2022 estimateSource named — not yet verified

Source

World Bank — https://www.worldbank.org/en/country/pakistan/publication/pakistan-floods-2022-post-disaster-needs-assessment. Verified in source set / retroactive normalization pending.

What it proves

Use to show climate change as a poverty multiplier; explicitly label as a modelled estimate.

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