The poverty rate is estimated to stand at 42.4 percent (US$3.65/day 2017 PPP) in fiscal year 2025, virtually unchanged from ...

Sri Lanka is on track to post growth of 3.5% this year, the World Bank said in its latest report on Wednesday, unchanged from ...

The World Bank’s Poverty and Shared Prosperity series provides the latest estimates and trends in global poverty and shared prosperity. The 2022 edition provides the first comprehensive look at the ...

Pakistan’s poverty rate is expected to remain unchanged at 42.4 percent in fiscal year 2025, meaning that 1.9 million more ...

The World Bank says the number of people living in poverty is expected to increase in 2025 amid ongoing challenging economic ...

By: Sir Henry Olujimi Boyo (Les Leba) first published in October 2018 INTRO: Last week this column repub­lished “African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA): Matters Arising.” The article ...

Why do a billion people still live in poverty worldwide, and what can be done to change this? The series <a href="http://www.whypoverty.net/" target="_blank">Why ...

I would like to express my gratitude to the organizers of the 2025 International Forum on Poverty Governance and Global Development for inviting me to the forum. It has given me the opportunity to ...

The figure has risen sharply since 2021 and the Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) predicts 4.8 million children will be in poverty by the end of this Parliament in 2029-30. It is calling for the ...

The 2025 International Forum on Poverty Governance and Global Development kicks off on Saturday in Lushui city, Nujiang Lisu autonomous prefecture, Yunnan province. [Photo provided to chinadaily ...

The ongoing 2025 International Forum on Poverty Governance and Global Development, co-hosted by the Yunnan provincial government, the China Public Relations Association and the China International ...

Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister, Dr P K Mishra, on Saturday said  the vision of a $5 trillion economy is not just a GDP figure — it is about millions lifted from poverty, world-class ...