Leveraging national surveys, big-data advances and machine learning, Cornell researchers have piloted a new approach to ...

The report is unveiled at a time when the richest of the world began to assemble in Davos for their annual jamboree in the ski resort town ...

In the Philippines, around 1.9% of the working population are in extreme poverty or living below the poverty line of $2.15 a day last year, up from the 0.55% in 2023, according to the International ...

A recent survey shows that extreme poverty in Morocco has decreased to around 3%, with the country’s poverty index dropping ...

Africa is experiencing a troubling surge in severe lived poverty, reversing hard-won gains from the past two decades, ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The global economy is growing steadily in the face of war, protectionist trade policies and high interest rates. It just isn't growing fast enough to bring relief to the world ...

West Bengal's CM Mamata Banerjee announced at the Bengal Global Business Summit 2025 that 1.72 crore individuals have been ...

The World Bank cautions that a 2% GDP growth rate in South Africa is insufficient to significantly reduce poverty and ...

A new report from Statistics Canada says Nova Scotia had the highest rate of poverty among the provinces in 2022, and Manitoba had the highest rate of deep poverty. The report released today says ...

World Bank experts have praised Uzbekistan’s poverty reduction efforts, noting that the government has instituted changes in the way it measures poverty rates, harmonizing its standards with globally ...

The World Bank, comprising 189 member nations, seeks to reduce poverty and boost living standards by providing grants and low-rate loans to poor economies. For low- and middle-income countries ...