In recognition of Poverty Awareness Month, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) announces a new campaign, Poverty Is Not a Line.

Data from the World Bank suggests that extreme poverty has declined dramatically over the past four decades, from 47% of the world's population in 1981 to around 10% today. This narrative is based on ...

Take A Number: A Striking Figure In Economic News Today It would cost $318 billion per year to eliminate most extreme poverty worldwide, that is, people living on less than $2.15 per day, a study ...

On 15 October 2024, the World Bank stated in a press release: ‘The global goal of ending extreme poverty – less than $2.15 per person per day – by 2030 is out of reach: it would take three decades or ...

A report issued during a United Nations event for World Day of the Poor shows that efforts to alleviate global poverty have slowed. The annual Pope Francis Global Poverty Report released by Jesuit-run ...

The collective wealth of about 3,000 world’s billionaires has grown by $6.5 trillion in the last decade, resulting in their total net worth being 14.6% of the global GDP. According to UK-based ...

DETROIT (AP) — Global Citizen is turning to cities as it looks to break through what it sees as widespread political gridlock hindering large-scale action on its goal of ending extreme poverty ...

The poorest Americans are richer than 75 percent of humanity. About 4.56 billion people on this planet are living on less than $10 a day, and billions are living with little to no access to ...

Over the past few decades, the world has made great strides in the fight against poverty. According to the World Bank, the ...