Despite decades of progress — with the global extreme poverty rate falling from 36% in 1990 to 8.6% in 2018 — some 719 million people now live on less than $2.15 a day, according to recent estimates of the World Bank. It is worth highlighting that this amount is insufficient to guarantee a dignified life, as it does not cover the real cost of survival. (To put that in perspective: a Starbucks coffee easily costs twice that amount.)