Learn how the poverty gap measures poverty's intensity through income shortfalls from the poverty line, and explore its ...

On 15 October 2024, the World Bank stated in a press release: ‘The global goal of ending extreme poverty – less than $2.15 per person per day – by 2030 is out of reach: it would take three decades or ...

Discover how the International Poverty Line defines global poverty, its critique, and impacts. Learn about its uses and how it differs from the Federal Poverty Level.

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 ...

WASHINGTON, Oct. 15, 2024 – At today’s feeble pace, 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, ...

WHO–World Bank report says 4.6 billion lack essential health services; 2.1 billion face financial hardship and 1.6 billion ...

A World Bank study has flagged Pakistan’s General Sales Tax (GST) as the single most damaging fiscal tool exacerbating poverty, especially among low-income households. The report, titled "The Effects ...

PUTRAJAYA: The World Bank has commended Malaysia for its strong progress in reducing poverty, particularly hardcore poverty, while noting that further improvements in education and health outcomes are ...

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The IMF enables poor economic policies that lead to serial defaults. The World Bank’s approach to development is outdated. Real progress comes through sound economic policies that promote free-market ...

This would be the cheapest, most efficient way to end extreme poverty, and it would cost about $30 billion per year. But, ...

NEW YORK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The number of people living in extreme poverty is likely to fall for the first time below 10 percent of the world's population in 2015, the World Bank said on ...