This report highlights that reducing deficiencies in social security is essential to quickly reduce extreme poverty. The report documents that access to social insurance and social assistance services ...

El número de peruanos en situación de pobreza extrema alcanzó su nivel más alto en 11 años en 2023, superando incluso los peores niveles vistos durante la pandemia, informó el jueves el ...

But one thing, at least, has gotten better. More than 1 billion people have escaped extreme poverty—so many, so fast, that the world might be able to declare, within a decade, the end of this ...

In all, about one-third of Latin America’s roughly 600 million residents live in poverty or what the United Nations defines as extreme poverty: subsisting on less than $1.90 a day.

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.

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.

“Cash plus” interventions can empower people who face the greatest marginalization to build long-term, resilient livelihoods and create a pathway out of extreme poverty. But what can other programs ...

Fresno ranks No. 2 in the nation for cities with the highest rates of extreme poverty, a new study shows. The research by Wall St. 24/7, published this week in USA Today, used census data to rank ...

El Salvador faces a great opportunity to accelerate poverty reduction. Although poverty rates have dropped significantly over the past two decades, extreme poverty remains a challenge: by 2023, around ...

This submission examines the human rights implications of Artificial Intelligence (AI) [1] and other data-driven technologies in welfare benefits programs, such as cash and food assistance ...