However, the financial institution says these updates do not impact how the international poverty line measures the ...

With the World Bank’s latest report showing the proportion of people living on less than 2.15 US dollars a day, which is the international benchmark for extreme poverty, fell sharply from 16.2 per ...

Argentina is showing signs of economic recovery, but growing unrest over austerity measures and cuts to healthcare, education ...

The World Bank has also updated the extreme poverty line from $2.15 to $3 per person per day. Because of the revision in the ...

ISLAMABAD: The new poverty lines for Pakistan — a lower middle-income country, set at $4.20/person/day up from ...

ISLAMABAD – Poverty in Pakistan has worsened significantly, with 44.7% of the population now living below the poverty line, according to a recent World Bank report. This marks a steep rise from 39.8%, ...

The World Bank has revised its global poverty assessment criteria, resulting in a significant increase in Pakistan's reported poverty rate-from 39.8% to 44.7%.Under the updated framework, individuals ...

Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Thursday (June 5, 2025) expressed concern over the inadequate representation of developing countries in multilateral institutions. Noting that this imbalance hampers ...

Pakistan’s children are losing weeks of education each year to school closures caused by climate change-linked extreme ...

Pakistan's children are losing weeks of education each year to school closures caused by climate change-linked extreme ...

A new study from UCLA Health shows that the 2021 expanded Child Tax Credit helped prevent energy insecurity among ...