WASHINGTON, Oct. 15, 2024 – At today’s feeble pace, it could take more than a century to eliminate poverty as it is defined for nearly half the world – people who live on less than $6.85 per day, ...

The World Bank Group has set a clear mission: ending poverty and boosting shared prosperity on a livable planet. This report offers the first post-pandemic assessment of global progress toward these ...

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About 700 million people—or 8.5 percent of the global population—live in extreme poverty on less than $2.15 a day, a World Bank report has said. The bank also added that around 3.5 billion people live ...

For much of modern human history, the majority of people have lived in conditions of severe poverty. In 1820, almost 80% of the global population lived in extreme poverty, according to Our World in ...

5 September - Around the world, over 800 million people live in extreme poverty and 1.1 billion people are still living in multidimensional poverty. As part of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable ...

Jason Hickel receives funding from European Research Council (ERC-2022-SYG reference number 101071647). Dylan Sullivan receives funding from European Research Council (ERC-2022-SYG reference number ...

Extreme poverty is increasingly concentrated in economies that have been blighted by armed conflict, which has become more common over the course of this century, the World Bank said Friday. In a ...

BUENOS AIRES, Dec. 5 (UPI) --Income-based poverty in Argentina fell to 36.3% of the population in the third quarter of this year, down from 45.6% in the same period in 2024, according to a report from ...