{"id":6366,"date":"2023-04-13T11:13:57","date_gmt":"2023-04-13T09:13:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/\/?page_id=6366"},"modified":"2024-06-17T15:14:15","modified_gmt":"2024-06-17T13:14:15","slug":"creating-jobs-improving-lives","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.norfund.no\/annualreport-2023\/development-mandate\/creating-jobs-improving-lives\/","title":{"rendered":"Creating jobs, improving lives"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The share of the world\u2019s population living in poverty has fallen substantially in the past 30 years. Covid-19 reversed the trend, increasing the number of people living in extreme poverty by 70 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today, an estimated 700 million people (around 8% of the world\u00b4s population) still live in extreme poverty<\/a>. The global macroeconomic effects of the war in Ukraine are further worsening the situation in developing markets with the combination of these two crises hitting hard. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Key figures clearly show the need for creating jobs, improving access to energy and finance as well as strengthening infrastructure: <\/p>\n\n\n\n