This amount, estimated as the amount needed to set up basic social protection schemes in the world’s lowest-income countries, is affordable for the international community.

The poverty rate among older adults has worsened for two consecutive years, according to data the Ministry of Health and Welfare and Statistics Korea released the same day. Around 38.2 percent of ...

DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — Billionaires’ wealth grew three times faster in 2024 than the year before, a top anti-poverty group reported on Monday as some of the world’s political and ...

In preparation for the World Development Report 2000/ 2001 ... from the perspective of poor people and to illuminate the human experience behind the poverty statistics. The study establishes, first, ...

Statistics Canada says someone lives in poverty if they can't afford the cost of a basket of goods and services that represents a basic standard of living. (Aura Carreño Rosas/CBC) A new report ...

In Bangladesh, three out of eight administrative divisions now have the highest concentration of extreme poverty. The latest poverty mapping, released by the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) on ...

Among the provinces, the report found that Nova Scotia had the highest rate of poverty, with 12.5 per cent of the population ...

The poverty rate in Cebu fell to 16.9 percent in 2023, down from 28.6 percent in 2021, leaving approximately 897,930 individuals living in poverty, a decrease from 1.47 million in 2021.

A report, “Bangladesh Poverty Map 2022”, has been unveiled recently..At the event, speakers highlighted the significance of the “Bangladesh Poverty Map 2022” initiative, stating that the data compiled ...

Around 19.2% of Bangladesh’s population is living below the poverty line, according to the latest report by the Bangladesh ...