In the leadup to the annual United Nations climate conference, the U.N. Development Programme has released new data about how ...

As the Kerala government threw a shindig on Nov 1 in its capital city, Thiruvananthapuram, to announce it had eradicated ...

The coronavirus pandemic is pushing the number of people worldwide who need humanitarian assistance to survive to new highs, the United Nations said on Tuesday, dramatically increasing the ranks of ...

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

HOW we understand and measure poverty has evolved. From early income-based definitions, Nobel laureate Amartya Sen’s ...

The Kerala government claims to have eradicated extreme poverty, but economists question the validity of this assertion. Did ...

Around 1 in 5 children today are living in extreme poverty, according to new World Bank-UNICEF research. In 2024, an estimated 412 million children aged 17 or younger were residing in households ...

According to the World Bank, “extreme poverty” means living on less than $2.15 (about R37) a day. Fully 67% of those ...

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan made a historic declaration in the Legislative Assembly on the occasion of Kerala Piravi (Foundation Day), stating that the state has achieved a remarkable ...

When summer heat comes to the Arara neighbourhood in northern Rio, it lingers, baking the red brick and concrete that make up ...