The most common reason for not financially supporting the fight against world poverty is “I prefer to give locally.” While I understand this sentiment (the impact is tangible and close to home), ...

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) – Compassion International brought its nationwide Compassion Experience tour to Ridgedale Baptist Church in Chattanooga from February 6 through February 8. The free, family ...

Discover how poverty traps create barriers to financial independence, what causes them, and explore practical solutions to ...

Posters featuring portraits of several world leaders line a road in Johannesburg, South Africa, on November 20, 2025, ahead of the G20 summit to be held there. Credit: AP foto/Themba Hadebe ...

New York, 17 October 2025 – Nearly 8 in 10 people living in multidimensional poverty – 887 million out of 1.1 billion globally – are directly exposed to climate hazards such as extreme heat, flooding, ...

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 ...

The global fight against extreme poverty used to be a success story. In 1981, a staggering 41% of the world’s population lived on less than a couple of dollars a day. By 2024, that number plummeted to ...

The core mission of the World Bank is a world free of poverty on a livable planet. Measuring poverty on a regular basis using timely and relevant data is critical to tracking progress toward this goal ...

The collective wealth of about 3,000 world’s billionaires has grown by $6.5 trillion in the last decade, resulting in their total net worth being 14.6% of the global GDP. According to UK-based ...

A new book is shedding light on global poverty and the daily struggles faced by millions.

Ultimately, eliminating the feminization of poverty cannot be separated from a critique of the capitalist economic structure ...