Around 1 in 5 children today are living in extreme poverty, according to new World Bank-UNICEF research. In 2024, an estimated 412 million children aged 17 or younger were residing in households ...

Extreme poverty in developing countries fell 25% since 1990 and may be further halved so long as economic growth rates in those countries maintain their pace, the World Bank said in an annual report ...

Thanksgiving is traditionally a good time to start counting your blessings. And for years, hundreds of millions of people have had this to be thankful for: they live in a time that has made historic ...

Five years ago, China announced it had eliminated 850 million people out of extreme poverty This article was first published on February 26, 2021. By Mimi Lau Xi claims victory in eliminating extreme ...

SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Latin American poverty levels in 2023 fell to a 33-year low, led by progress in Brazil, the United Nations' Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) said in ...

UNITED NATIONS (AP) – A high-level U.N. panel recommended an ambitious roadmap Thursday to tackle the world’s major challenges, from climate change to equality for women, with a key goal of ending ...

An immersive exhibit at Ridgedale Baptist Church gave Chattanooga visitors a powerful look into the lives of children living in extreme poverty around the world.

The proportion of Indians living in extreme poverty has plummeted from 27.1 per cent to just 5.3 per cent over the last decade, according to new data released by the World Bank. The international ...

15.5 million Nigerians have fallen into extreme poverty over the course of the past two years. The World Poverty Clock, a web tool based on World Data Lab's global poverty model, estimated in June ...

China's government announced it will offer a one-time cash allowance to those in extreme poverty, a day after its central bank rolled out a slate of stimulus measures aimed at shoring up the economy.

Pakistan’s poverty rate has risen to 29 per cent, the highest in 11 years, with nearly 70 million people in extreme poverty as inflation, unemployment and IMF-linked reforms strain incomes nationwide.

NEW YORK (WPVI) -- Global Citizen Festival is back, returning to New York City's Central Park's Great Lawn on Saturday. The 12th installment of the Global Citizen Festival features some of the most ...