Using nationally representative household consumption surveys from 23 countries that together account for 50% of the world’s poor, we estimate that reducing the poverty rate to 1% (from a baseline of ...

In a striking announcement this April, the World Bank claimed that India has successfully lifted 171 million people out of extreme poverty over the decade spanning 2011-12 to 2022-23. According to its ...

It would take $318 billion per year, or 0.3% of the world's economic output, to end most extreme poverty worldwide, according to newly published research.

To identify the 25 cities hit hardest by extreme poverty, 24/7 Wall St. reviewed five-year data on concentrated poverty from the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 American Community Survey. Metropolitan areas ...

Indonesia is rolling out a jobs-based pilot to fight extreme poverty, shifting from social aid to sustainable work and steady ...

Around 1 in 5 children today are living in extreme poverty, according to new World Bank-UNICEF research. In 2024, an estimated 412 million children aged 17 or younger were residing in households ...

A study published in the journal Nature Human Behavior estimates the prevalence of cardiovascular disease risk factors among adults living in extreme poverty. It is generally believed that adults ...

IN NAIROBI, a motorbike taxi driver who spent months hiding from his landlord during the covid-19 lockdown will be back on the road in 2022 and beginning to repay his debt. A farmer in rural Zambia ...

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan made a historic declaration in the Legislative Assembly on the occasion of Kerala Piravi (Foundation Day), stating that the state has achieved a remarkable ...

Extreme poverty is defined as living under $1.90 a day. LONDON -- The World Bank has warned that 150 million people could fall into “extreme poverty” by the end of 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic ...

Do you like to time travel as much as I do? If you’re reading this letter, a form of time travel in its own right, I expect you do. My current favorite way to visit ...