Congress MP Jairam Ramesh accused the Modi government of misusing World Bank data to falsely claim India is highly equal. He ...

Child poverty is seven times higher in Israel and Turkey than in lowest-placed Denmark. Since 2007, child poverty has risen in over two-thirds of OECD countries with considerable increases seen in ...

The "Kenya Poverty and Equity Assessment 2023" by the World Bank reports that Kenya has seen robust GDP growth, positively impacting living standards, but this progress is unevenly distributed across ...

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.

Shocks related to the COVID-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine mean the world is unlikely to meet a longstanding goal of ending extreme poverty by 2030, the World Bank said in a new report ...

The 39 economies classified as facing conflict or instability are set to be home to 60% of those who live in extreme poverty ...

World’s road out of poverty is paved by energy — and plenty of it by Scott Tinker, opinion contributor - 04/07/23 1:30 PM ET ...