The energy price crisis caused the sharpest increase in absolute poverty in 30 years, official figures show.

It could take more than a century to eliminate poverty as it is defined for nearly half the world – people who live on less than $6.85 per day, according to the World Bank’s new Poverty, Prosperity, ...

In 2018, Russia set itself the ambitious goal of cutting the level of poverty in half by 2024. In addition to essential anti-poverty drivers such as income growth and improvements in human capital, ...

Disturbingly, it shows that deprivation and poverty are widespread in Hong Kong, with many people unable to afford customary items and activities. The article presents evidence on how a combined low ...

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E ARLY IN DECEMBER China announced that it had eradicated extreme poverty within its territory. This achievement is breathtaking in scale. By the World Bank’s estimate, some 800m people in China ...

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 .

In the past three years, at least 11 EU countries have seen an increase in poverty levels. Women and young adults are more likely to face poverty or social exclusion.

When Bhawana Bisht’s two-month-old daughter was admitted to Bajura District Hospital earlier this year, the young mother ...

Work is the most powerful weapon we have to fight poverty and all its downstream effects, from child malnutrition to maternal mortality. Last year the 2,000 largest companies spent an estimated ...