Extreme poverty rises; a generation sees a future slip away Mother of two Amsale Hailemariam, a domestic worker who lost work because of the coronavirus, stands in her small tent in the capital Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on Friday, June 26, 2020. Decades of progress in one of modern history's greatest achievements, the fight against extreme poverty, are now in danger of slipping away due to the coronavirus and the world could see the first global increase in extreme poverty in 22 years, further sharpening inequality. (AP Photo/Mulugeta Ayene)
Mother of two Amsale Hailemariam, a domestic worker who lost work because of the coronavirus, prepares food for her family in her small tent in the capital Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on Friday, June 26, 2020. The better-off neighbors who once welcomed her into their homes to cook and clean now turn her away, fearing the virus. They told me we should avoid contact, she said. There was no help I received from them since. (AP Photo/Mulugeta Ayene)
Mother of two Amsale Hailemariam, left, a domestic worker who lost work because of the coronavirus, hangs washing on the line with her daughter, Bethlehem Jafar, outside her tent in the capital Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on Friday, June 26, 2020. Bethlehem was forced home from her studies as school closed and now shelters with her mother. (AP Photo/Mulugeta Ayene)
Mother of two Amsale Hailemariam, a domestic worker who lost work because of the coronavirus, sheds a tear as she speaks during an interview in the capital Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on Friday, June 26, 2020. We are living in a state where we are above the dead and below the living. This is not life. (AP Photo/Mulugeta Ayene)
Mother of two Amsale Hailemariam, a domestic worker who lost work because of the coronavirus, prepares food for her family in her small tent in the capital Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on Friday, June 26, 2020. She and her daughter make do with the equivalent of $34 a month that Amsale receives from local authorities for helping with projects like beautifying public spaces and sweeping the streets. But she doesnt like to go out, fearing infection. (AP Photo/Mulugeta Ayene)
Mother of two Amsale Hailemariam, a domestic worker who lost work because of the coronavirus, washes her family's clothes outside her small tent in the capital Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on Friday, June 26, 2020. In the pandemic, Ethiopia, along with Congo, Kenya, Nigeria, and South Africa, is expected to see half of sub-Saharan Africas new extreme poor. (AP Photo/Mulugeta Ayene)
Mother of two Amsale Hailemariam, a domestic worker who lost work because of the coronavirus, hangs clothes after washing them outside her small tent in the capital Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on Friday, June 26, 2020. The virus arrived, and dreams faded for families, and entire countries. The world could see its first increase in extreme poverty in 22 years, further sharpening social inequities. (AP Photo/Mulugeta Ayene)
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Mother of two Amsale Hailemariam, a domestic worker who lost work because of the coronavirus, stands in her small tent in the capital Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on Friday, June 26, 2020. Decades of progress in one of modern history's greatest achievements, the fight against extreme poverty, are now in danger of slipping away due to the coronavirus and the world could see the first global increase in extreme poverty in 22 years, further sharpening inequality. (AP Photo/Mulugeta Ayene)