Financing the end of extreme poverty: 2019 update

430 million people will be living in extreme poverty by 2030;despite economic growth reducing poverty by one-third. This is 30 million more people than the Overseas Development Institute,,'s 2018 assessment;and means the world is significantly off track to achieve the first Sustainable Development Goal. Most countries can afford the investment to end extreme poverty on their own;but there are still 46 countries that face a £222 billion funding shortfall in doing so. This research finds that both donors and countries have a part to play in financing the end of extreme poverty.