The World Bank’s September 2024 Poverty and Inequality Platform update introduces new tools and measures to track global ...

The "Poverty, Prosperity, and Planet Report 2024" by the World Bank highlights stalled progress in poverty reduction, ...

To track progress towards its goal of eradicating extreme poverty by 2030., the UN relies on World Bank estimates of the share of the world population that fall below the so-called International ...

A new report by the World Bank has revealed that the United Nations’ (UN) goal of ending extreme poverty by 2030 is no longer feasible due to a combination of factors, including wars ...

The World Bank has estimated that 622 million people, which is 7.3% of the global population will live in extreme poverty by 2030 due to stalled efforts to eradicate poverty. The Bank made the ...

Nigeria is facing economic challenges driven by inflation and the devaluation of its currency, the naira. Economic growth has struggled to keep up with a fast-growing population, which has deepened ...

The World Bank warned the global economy risks leaving 800 million young people without jobs over the coming decade, a ...

An additional 14 million Nigerians are predicted to fall into poverty in 2024 as a result of stagnant labor wages. The Macro Poverty Outlook: Country-by-Country Analysis and Projections for the ...

ISLAMABAD: With the poverty rate rising by 0.3 per cent within one year to 40.5pc in FY24, the World Bank on Thursday warned that even the 2.8pc and 3.6pc economic growth rate it projected for ...

As inflation rises, low labour income has pushed an estimated 14 million Nigerians into poverty in 2024. This is according to the World Bank’s latest report on Macro Poverty Outlook: Country-by ...

The country’s poverty situation worsened during the Covid-19 period with about 72 out of 100 Malawians now living under the poverty line of less than $2.15 (K3 764) per day, latest World Bank figures ...

Poverty in Argentina is a persistent problem that defies easy solutions. A new World Bank study identifies four key factors or "poverty traps" that are preventing millions of Argentines from moving ...