Poverty is one of the biggest challenges facing societies around the world. It affects access to food, education ...

Figure 4b: The poorest regions are furthest behind and contribute more to the Global Prosperity Gap relative to their population in 2024 Figure 5: Limited gains in the Global Gap due to a slowdown of ...

Dear Editor, THERE has been sustained public discussion about poverty in Guyana and the assertion that oil revenues are not reaching those most in need. I ...

Susan Lanham, Amanda Thompson-Abbott, and Tom Norton of Marshall University discuss their research on the earned income tax credit’s effectiveness in alleviating poverty. This transcript has been ...

The Mexican government on Friday claimed that for the first time in history more  Mexicans are categorized as middle class ...

This Joint Staff Advisory Note (JSAN) on the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper for Somalia highlights that Somalia continued to face challenges while implementing the Ninth National Development Plan in ...

MALABO, November 24, 2025 - A new report from the World Bank Group finds that Equatorial Guinea stands at a decisive moment. The Equatorial Guinea Poverty and Equity Assessment, the first of its kind, ...

Karatu. At least 400,000 Tanzanian households have graduated from extreme poverty following the completion of a $50 million project funded by the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) ...

On 23 July 2008 MR. Hans Opschoor, on behalf of the Committee for Development Policy (CDP), introduced the Committee's findings of the CDPs report on its 9th session at the High-Level Segment of the ...

The Asian Development Bank and its partners piloted the Poverty Impact and Vulnerability Evaluation (PIVE) tool in the ...

Poverty in South Africa remains a significant and persistent challenge despite efforts and progress in decreasing it over the last two decades. This was revealed in the latest report by Statistics ...