About 75.24 million people were living in extreme poverty in India during 2022-23, a massive drop from 344.47 million in 2011-12.

The new poverty line for Pakistan, which is a lower middle-income country, is set at $4.20 per person per day, up from $3.65, said Christina Wieser, the senior poverty economist of the World Bank ...

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India’s extreme poverty declined below 5 percent in 2024 to 4.6 percent from 5.3 percent estimated by the World Bank in 2023, SBI Research said in a note on June 10.

Measuring Poverty. The World Bank’s mission is to end extreme poverty and boost shared prosperity on a livable planet. To effectively monitor progress toward this goal, it is critical to measure ...

The Multidimensional Poverty Measure (MPM) seeks to understand poverty beyond monetary deprivations (which remain the focal point of the World Bank’s monitoring of global poverty) by including access ...

Support for Reform UK has surged in areas with higher rates of child poverty, underlining the right-wing populist party’s potential to connect with disillusioned voters in Labour’s heartlands.

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Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar; Emir of Kano, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi; a Prelate, Catholic Church Abuja, Cardinal John Onaiyekan, and others have called for urgent action against poverty for ...

Disbarred lawyer Larry Gadon was paid P4.67 million as President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.'s adviser on poverty alleviation last year — making him the third highest-paid among seven presidential ...

National Museum of Public Housing leaders hope visitors see there’s more to life in public housing than what's on the news.