Although the general poverty rate among the population decreased 0.9%, going from 33.0% to 32.1%, the social crisis in Central and South America has continued to hit lower classes hardest, especially ...
Nobody celebrates Christmas more enthusiastically than children. Indeed, their wide smiles and unadulterated joy at receiving presents and partaking of special food make this most wonderful time of ...
The World Bank’s Poverty and Shared Prosperity series provides the latest estimates and trends in global poverty and shared prosperity. The 2022 edition provides the first comprehensive look at the ...
$2.15 per person per day for extreme poverty and $6.85 per person per day for general poverty. In 2023, the proportion of the population living in extreme poverty fell to 4.4 percent, down from 6. ...
4% of extreme poverty and 17% of “general” poverty. These data contrast with those offered by the Living Conditions Survey (Encovi) in July 2020, which placed extreme poverty at 79.3% (more ...
ALBANY, N.Y. (NEXSTAR) — Efforts to combat child poverty in New York intensified as the Child Poverty Reduction Advisory Council (CPRAC) issued its final report, calling for targeted policies to ...