(Reuters) -Pakistan’s sharp decline in poverty has stalled in recent years due to economic shocks and a lack of structural reforms, the World Bank said on Tuesday. The international lender said that ...

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 ...

Stanford researchers quantified the cost of lifting people out of poverty globally, providing a framework to inform future policy decisions.

Michael W. Green, a Wall Street investor, created a buzz in late 2025 by arguing that the U.S. poverty line should be jacked ...

New World Bank report says shifting from state-led, capital-intensive industries to those that hire more workers would sustain progress and create a more resilient economy DUSHANBE, September 22, 2025 ...

Newly-installed World Bank President David Malpass spent his first day at the global lender Tuesday hammering home the message that the most urgent issue facing the bank is addressing global poverty.

Congress MP Jairam Ramesh on Sunday accused the central government of misrepresenting the World Bank's Poverty and Equity Brief for India, stating that poverty and inequality remain "deeply troubling" ...

Is India’s poverty rate 5% or 24%? A debate over poverty lines, data transparency, and Parliament’s questions reveals how millions may be missing from policy.