In 2024, Sub-Saharan Africa accounted for 16 percent of the world’s population, but 67 percent of the people living in extreme poverty. Two thirds of the world’s population in extreme poverty live in ...

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The number of people in extreme poverty increased from 1.01 billion to 1.20 billion over this period. It’s important to note here that the OECD publication also includes poverty estimates for ...

THIS present administration has got many things to worry about. Insecurity is one of them. The high cost of living is another ...

At the time of Mr Dube’s visit in 1995 almost half of India’s population still lived below the international poverty line, ...

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

Brahmanandam has built a net worth of Rs 500 crore, which is much more than that of even Tamil superstar Rajinikanth, who has ...

Olivier De SchutterThe writer is UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights and co-chair of IPES-FoodAnother ...

Absolute poverty in India, as per World Bank's metric, has been nearly eradicated, dropping to just 1%. The percentage of the ...

JAKARTA, March 14 (Xinhua) -- Indonesia aims to eradicate extreme poverty by 2026, accelerating efforts to meet this target, Coordinating Minister for Community Empowerment Abdul Muhaimin Iskandar ...