The World Bank Group has set a clear mission: ending poverty and boosting shared prosperity on a livable planet. This report offers the first post-pandemic assessment of global progress toward these ...

WASHINGTON, Oct. 15, 2024 – At today’s feeble pace, it could take more than a century to eliminate poverty as it is defined for nearly half the world – people who live on less than $6.85 per day, ...

A government spokesperson said: "Our efforts to turn the tide on poverty after years of rising hardship are making a real ...

A schools project has been learning about the effect poverty can have on children and their families. City of Wolverhampton Council, working with the charity Children North East, has spent the last ...

An extra £27m is going to be spent in part of the West Midlands to try to tackle the causes of poverty in the area. The cash from the government has gone to Sandwell Council is part of its three-year ...

Illustration by The New York Times. Photograph by Getty Images. By Max Roser Graphics by Sara Chodosh Mr. Roser is the founder of Our World in Data and a professor at the University of Oxford’s ...