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Recently, the World Bank came out with an update on the methodology and level of its poverty line. What does this update say ...
Dozens of protestors call for an end to fossil fuel investments and IMF debt for low-income countries during the annual ...
Per the report, while the billionaires are making more bucks, there are 3.7 billion people who still live under poverty. 60 ...
Bizarre as it may seem, especially for a country with so many people at low levels of income and consumption, as well as a ...
Ghana’s Parliament approved a $360 million loan from the World Bank’s IDA • The funds will help pay road sector arrears, support vulnerable groups, and fight poverty • Ghana’s total disbursements ...
That amount is “more than enough to eliminate annual poverty 22 times over,” according to a new analysis from the ...
The World Bank on Friday said increase of conflicts and related fatalities since the early 2000s has fueled extreme poverty.
Over 420 million people in conflict-ridden economies survive on less than $3 a day, more than the rest of the world combined, ...
The World Bank has warned that extreme poverty is growing rapidly in Nigeria and 38 other economies affected by conflict and ...
Half of the countries facing conflict or instability today have been in such conditions for 15 years or more. Read more at ...
A UN conference to boost support for global development aid begins on Monday as US funding cuts jeopardise the fight against ...
The Express Tribune on MSN4dOpinion
Pakistan's poverty is political
World Bank numbers show a shocking 44.7% of Pakistanis stay below the global poverty line. That works out to more than 107 ...