In contrast, nearly 45% of Pakistan's population lives in poverty, with 16.5% classified as living in extreme poverty, as per ...

The number of people living in extreme poverty in India has dipped to 75.24 million in FY 2022-23 from 344.47 million in FY ...

In this issue’s infographic, we highlight the places that so moved Robert Kennedy and sparked his determination to act. Much has changed in 50 years, but extreme poverty is still entrenched in ...

In his recent TED talk, Bono said that extreme poverty could be virtually eliminated by 2030, adding: “2030 is just around the corner. It’s about three Rolling Stones farewell concerts away.” A new ...

Halve, between 1990 and 2015, the proportion of people whose income is less than $1.25 a day The target of reducing extreme poverty rates by half was met five years ahead of the 2015 deadline.

The problem of poverty in Sabah is an issue that cannot be taken lightly. A distance of more than 200 kilometres separates these two heads of households, yet they face the same hardship: extreme ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Poor adherence to maintenance therapy did not fully explain the association. The findings highlight the ...

An estimated 333 million children, one in six of the world's child population, are grappling with extreme poverty, revealed a report jointly prepared by UNICEF and the World Bank. UNICEF and the ...

A TOTAL of 12.4% of Filipino children have been living in extreme poverty in 2022, the latest policy research working paper released by the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund ...

About 30 million more Africans fell into extreme poverty (living on less than US$1.90 a day) when COVID-19 broke out in 2020. Before the pandemic struck, over 445 million people – equivalent to 34% of ...

As the gap between the rich and poor around the globe is spiraling out of control, it is affecting the lives of hundreds of millions of people who are being pushed into extreme poverty.

Africa faces challenges in reducing extreme poverty and inequality. In 2024, 8.5% of the global population was living in extreme poverty (that is, on less than US$2.15 a day). Nearly 67% of these ...