Poverty is multidimensional. An individual or household experiencing poverty can suffer multiple disadvantages at the same time. Beyond the inability to afford basic needs, poverty can also mean ...

At least 92% of South Sudan’s estimated 11 million people lived below the extreme poverty line in 2024, according to a new ...

Over the past few decades, the world has made great strides in the fight against poverty. According to the World Bank, the number of people living in extreme poverty has declined from nearly 1.9 ...

MUCH has been said and written about the state of development of Mindanao recently. I will not get into the "Sub-Saharan" ...

A unique analysis of district-level data reveals why inequality is so destructive to the home consumption welfare of people ...

Education has been and can continue to be at the center of global poverty reduction. The world economy has experienced a ...

Continued investment in physical and social infrastructure is crucial to reducing vulnerability, particularly in light of ...

In 2023, the number of Nigerians living below the poverty line crossed the 100-million mark. Back in 2013, just 10 years ...

Panama's government has released dozens of migrants from around the world who were deported from the U.S. The migrants fled conflict, religious persecution, poverty and government crackdowns in ...

Northern Ireland's power-sharing government is in breach of a nearly 20-year-old statutory obligation to develop an ...

A low-cost economic inclusion program in Chad, studied by the World Bank, significantly improved food consumption, income ...