It is the World Bank’s job to lend to all 78 of the world’s poorest countries—defined both by their income per person and the ...

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 ...

Paraguay’s remarkable poverty reduction journey, highlighted in the World Bank’s latest report, underscores the importance of ...

Carol remains tragically relevant today, as the same myths about wealth and poverty continue to fuel societal cruelty.

As we close out the past year and look ahead to 2025, the holiday season is a time when we reflect on what we’ve achieved and how we can make next year better – achieve our personal goals, give back ...

IMF and WB are programmed to promote harmful indebtedness of UDCs, not to alleviate poverty. Their loans are extremely ...

The year 2024 has underscored a grim reality: poverty continues to be an unyielding adversary, sowing division and instability in a world already grappling with profound economic, social, and ...

The World Bank’s "Poverty and Equity Assessment for El Salvador 2024" highlights significant poverty reduction over two ...

The year 2024 has underscored a grim reality: poverty continues to be an unyielding adversary, sowing division and instability in a world already grappling with profound economic, social ...

Douglas County still has a poverty rate above national and state averages, but over the last five years, its poverty number ...