In half of the countries in the world, extreme poverty is at or below 3 percent, but that doesn’t mean the fight to eradicate poverty is over in these countries. The World Bank now reports on two ...

A new World Bank report shows that poverty in Africa may be lower than current estimates suggest and no systematic increase in inequality, given the available data Challenges remain substantial: more ...

These questions hark back to an old debate—whether poverty is absolute or relative. An absolute poverty line is intended to represent constant purchasing power over commodities in different places and ...

Extreme poverty is set to rise this year for the first time in more than two decades, with coronavirus expected to push up to 115 million people into that category, the World Bank has said.

The World Bank, for example, based its 2010 estimate that 400 million children suffered ... The Bristol Approach evaluates child poverty according to seven basic needs set out in the 1995 World Summit ...

World Bank Says the Global Is Economy Is Growing Steadily, but Not Fast Enough to Help Ease Poverty WASHINGTON (AP) — The global economy is growing steadily in the face of war, protectionist ...