The World Bank Group has warned that the progress made over decades in reducing extreme poverty could go into reverse by 2030. With conflict, violence, climate-driven disasters and health crises pushing the world’s poorest communities deeper into jeopardy, the Bank has used its Fragility Forum 2026 to flag the need for urgent, coordinated action.
The forum, running from June 8 to 10, brings together the World Bank Group, governments, development partners and donor agencies to discuss poverty, employment, economic opportunity and risk management. Past experiences, lessons learned and new policy measures are to be presented over its three days.
The choice of theme — fragility — and the choice of deadline are both telling. The year 2030 is the target date for the Sustainable Development Goals, the first of which is the elimination of extreme poverty, so the Bank’s warning amounts to…
