World Data Lab's Dr. Homi Kharas, Senior Economic Advisor, and Kristofer Hamel, Chief Operating Officer, discuss how COVID-19 is expected to impact the number of people living in extreme poverty worldwide and the implications this has for the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

An audio version of World Data Lab's May 12, 2020 webinar on Global Consumer Spending in a post-COVID World. Listen to Dr. Homi Kharas, Senior Economic Advisor, World Data Lab, and Kristofer Hamel, Chief Operating Officer, World Data Lab, discuss global middle class spending trends post COVID-19, how much consumer spending will be impacted by the coronavirus, and which parts of the world will be most affected by the economic shock.

For those interested in the webinar replay: https://worlddata.io/webinars