This infographic from the OECD Development Assistance Committee projects which countries will be home to the world’s poorest people by 2015, and compares this to the picture in 2005. Part of their ...

Extreme poverty will rise for the first time this century as COVID-19 hammers the global economy, the World Bank said on ...

The World Bank says poverty in Lebanon has tripled over the course of a decade. The percentage of people in Lebanon living below the poverty line rose from 12% in 2012 to 44% in 2022, according to a ...

Pope Leo XIV released a major teaching document on Thursday about poverty. It's Leo's first major document since his election in May. Pope Leo is drawing the world's attention to poverty. A new ...

WASHINGTON, May 30 (Reuters) - The number of Ukrainians living in poverty has grown by 1.8 million since 2020, bringing the total to about 29% of the population as Russia's 2022 invasion continues to ...

An automated cash transfer program in Jordan developed with significant financing from the World Bank is undermined by errors, discriminatory policies, and stereotypes about poverty. Many people in ...