The Persian and Thai editions of Stories of Xi Jinping and Poverty Alleviation in China were released on Wednesday, the opening day of the 31st Beijing International Book Fair.

According to the poverty and equity brief published by World Bank in April, extreme poverty (living on less than $2.15 per day) fell from 16.2% in 2011- 12 to 2.3% in 2022-23, lifting 171 million ...

Extreme poverty (living on less than $2.15 per day) fell from 16.2% in 2011-12 to 2.3% in 2022-23, lifting 171 million people above this line,” the World Bank had said in its ‘Poverty & Equity ...

India's extreme poverty rate declined sharply to 5.3 per cent over a decade from 27.1 per cent in 2011-12 even as the World Bank revised upwards its threshold poverty line to USD 3 per day. Given ...

With the World Bank raising its threshold poverty line to $3 a day (daily consumption of less than $3) from the earlier $2.15 a day, the extreme poverty rate for India declines sharply to 5.3 per cent ...

The new poverty lines for Pakistan, a lower middle-income country, is set at $4.20/person/day, affecting 44.7 percent of the population. The extreme poverty line is now $3.00/person/day, impacting ...

We too often conceive of “poverty-related neglect” as being about things we think should be linked to poverty. We are willing to call lack of food, shelter and medical care poverty-related neglect ...

Context of the data While the drop in poverty rates is a cause for celebration, Dr. Henry cautioned that these figures are still unconfirmed. Notably, there were no poverty results reported for ...

Earlier this week, I spoke with a group of senior officials at the Department of Health and Human Services about strategies to reduce poverty in the United States. The conversation centered on ...

Poverty Rates by State in 2025 The analysis of poverty rates by state in 2025 offers valuable insights into economic disparities across the nation. By examining poverty statistics state-by-state, one ...

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 .

Measuring poverty is the first step to delivering support, but it has long been a costly, time-intensive and contentious endeavour. Measuring poverty is the first step to delivering support, but ...