Today, almost 700 million people (8.5 percent of the global population) live in extreme poverty - on less than $2.15 per day. Progress has stalled amid low growth, setbacks due to COVID-19, and ...

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 ...

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

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

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and global poverty rates have barely changed since 1990, the report said. "We present this report as a stark wake-up call that ordinary people the world over are being crushed by the enormous ...

In 25 years, the Philippines suffered massive declines on three fronts: 1) in the output and growth rate of agriculture, once the economy’s mainstay and biggest employer; 2) in economic growth, down ...

Indonesia's success in simultaneously achieving favorable rates of inflation, poverty, and economic growth has garnered ...

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 ...

Guimaras now has the second lowest poverty rate in Western Visayas, behind Aklan’s 4.6 percent, the PSA said in a report released on Jan 27. The 2023 Family Income and Expenditure Survey ...