The number of people living in “multidimensional” poverty has risen for the first time in 15 years, reaching 1.2 billion, as ...

Poverty is often measured by how much money people earn, but income alone cannot capture the full extent of deprivation ...

Nigeria recorded the world’s highest increase in multidimensional poverty between 2021 and 2024, with 17.9 million additional ...

An additional 17.9 million Nigerians fell into multidimensional poverty between 2021 and 2024, the highest increase recorded by any country globally, according to a new report by the United Nations ...

Myanmar’s deepening poverty crisis, affecting over 37 million people, threatens economic recovery as conflict, climate shocks ...

The 2026 World Bank Group Meetings begin in Bangkok, Thailand, on Sunday, bringing together government officials, business ...

Addressing the conference while representing Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, Ahsan Iqbal emphasised that poverty reduction required sustained investment in human development, education, healthcare and ...

MANILA, Philippines — Despite last year’s progress, weak growth and high inflation are complicating further poverty reduction efforts, making it harder to achieve the eight to nine percent poverty ...

One of the clear insights that emerged from the last general elections in Guyana is that the electorate wishes to see national resources devoted to the tangible alleviation of poverty alongside ...

We cannot solve what we cannot see. For years, the Caribbean's development challenges have been obscured by incomplete data, limiting how well policies can respond to real needs to lift people out of ...

The Pakistan Poverty Alleviation Fund (PPAF) is also working with development partners across 157 districts. Its chief executive officer, Nader Gul Barech, said the organisation had established ...