In half of the countries in the world, extreme poverty is at or below 3 percent, but that doesn’t mean the fight to eradicate poverty is over in these countries. The World Bank now reports on two ...

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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 ...

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 ...

The title of Muhammad Yunus’ new book, Creating a World Without Poverty, gives a sense of his vision’s sweep, but only hints at his ambition. He wants not only to end global poverty and related ...

The international financial institutions such as the World Bank, International Monetary Fund ... such as the idea that people from rich countries know what’s best for people living in poverty. In fact ...

A 2015 United Nations goal of ending “poverty and hunger everywhere” by 2030 will not be met, the bank said. In 2000, the World Bank classified 63 countries as “low income.” Since then ...