The most common reason for not financially supporting the fight against world poverty is “I prefer to give locally.” While I understand this sentiment (the impact is tangible and close to home), ...

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 ...

While studying at the University of Ghana, economist Samuel Ampaw began working on the Ghana Socioeconomic Panel Survey, a long-term data collection effort that monitors the country’s economic ...

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 ...

Posters featuring portraits of several world leaders line a road in Johannesburg, South Africa, on November 20, 2025, ahead of the G20 summit to be held there. Credit: AP foto/Themba Hadebe ...

In the wake of the election, it is clear that we must be conscious not only of America’s choices for itself, but of its effects on the rest of the world. In a recent report from the World Bank, over ...

The core mission of the World Bank is a world free of poverty on a livable planet. Measuring poverty on a regular basis using timely and relevant data is critical to tracking progress toward this goal ...

Childhood poverty is associated with a number of physical health problems in adulthood, including Type II diabetes. Childhood poverty can exert a lasting effect on health, with biological and ...