According to latest World Bank estimates, the share of Africans who are poor fell from 56% in 1990 to 43% in 2012. The report argues that the poverty rate may have declined even more if the quality ...

Indonesia aims to eradicate extreme poverty by 2026, accelerating efforts to meet this target, Coordinating Minister for ...

The number of people who were at risk of poverty increased in 2024 to 11.7%, according to the latest figures. This was up by 1.1% when compared to 2023, but was below the 12.5% rate in 2022.

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

While the national unemployment rate provides a good indicator of how the country is doing as a whole, it can diverge considerably from what you might be facing in your home state. That's where ...

Several renowned economists and leaders have provided insights into the root causes of the high poverty rate in India. Amartya Sen, the Nobel laureate economist, has highlighted the importance of ...

Yet, he failed to articulate exactly how they intend to, and through what types of policies and/or programmes that they are proposing to achieve 100 per cent poverty eradication in just a “few” years.

Supreme Court questions high development claims, per capita income, and distribution of food grains to poor in India.

The number of people living in poverty in New York city has grown to the highest level in seven years, a study by the nonprofit Robin Hood found. Robin Hood began tracking poverty in New York City ...

China has vowed to keep its urban jobless rate around 5.5 per ... Meanwhile, the country must “ensure there’s no large-scale relapse into poverty” amid macroeconomic challenges, the report ...

N R Narayana Murthy, Infosys Co-Founder, stressed job creation by innovative entrepreneurs as the solution to poverty, not freebies. He urged entrepreneurs to build businesses generating ...