The World Bank reports India lifted 171 million people out of extreme poverty between 2011-12 and 2022-23, reducing it to 2.3%. Using a $3.65/day poverty line, 378 million were lifted out of poverty.

A World Bank report reveals India's significant progress in poverty reduction, with extreme poverty plummeting from 16.2% in 2011-12 to 2.3% in 2022-23, lifting 171 million people out of extreme ...

UK charities have warned Sir Keir Starmer that scrapping the two-child benefit limit is the most cost-effective way to reduce child poverty. In a letter to the prime minister, groups including ...

This contrasts with 654 million people who are classified as extremely poor according to the World Bank's US $2.15 per day International Poverty Line (IPL). Current poverty measures overlook a ...

Poverty remains one of the most pressing issues globally, with over 700 million people worldwide living in extreme poverty—on less than P123.70 per day. In the Philippines, the situation is equally ...

Soft power: Chinese railway executive Wang Xingbin teaches six-year-old Beatrice Mogi Chinese caligraphy during a tour of the Chinese ... the continent will face a burden that will drug more people ...

A record 4.5 million children in the UK are living in poverty, government data has revealed a day after the chancellor doubled down on welfare cuts which will push tens of thousands more into poverty.

Bangladesh is witnessing a concerning rise in poverty, leading to worsening food insecurity, according to a recent study by the Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS). The report ...

In the absence of new official poverty lines, the updated official Tendulkar Committee poverty lines for 2022–23 are provided, along with alternate estimates of poverty based on updated Rangarajan ...

Childhood poverty is a silent crisis affecting families across New York State and here in Westchester County. Despite being one of the wealthiest counties in the nation, Westchester's prosperity ...

The number of Americans living in poverty, according to the nation’s official definition, fell slightly to about 36.8 million in 2023, the Census Bureau announced on Sept. 10, 2024. The data ...

The number of Americans living in poverty has gone up, even as incomes rose last year, the U.S. Census Bureau announced Tuesday. Measuring poverty can be tricky − but the main number social ...