High inequality can reflect a lack of opportunities for socioeconomic mobility, which can further hinder prospects for inclusive growth and poverty reduction over time. Around one-fifth of the world’s ...

The result of The Poverty Line project is an eye-opening gallery, visualizing what poverty around the world looks like in food. We are featuring a selection of photos, courtesy of Stefen Chow and ...

The World Bank and UN define the International Poverty Line as earning less than $2.15 per day - a threshold approximately 712 million people around the globe exist under. While the percentage of ...

Poverty affects people around the world. Entire nations are rarely poor but people within nations are. A rich country such as the UK has many people living poverty. A country we tend to think of ...

includes specific targets to eradicate extreme poverty, and ensure proper access to economic resources for all individuals around the world. It calls for the mobilization of resources from a ...

Two billion people globally suffer from moderate to severe food insecurity and widespread micronutrient deficiencies. This ...

How the world responds to major challenges today will have a direct bearing on whether the current reversals in global poverty reduction can be turned around. Join us and poverty specialists as we ...

In 2015 the United Nations agreed a set of ‘sustainable development’ goals that were focused on ending poverty around the world, protecting the planet and ensuring a new prosperity for everyone.

As we recently celebrated International Women’s Day, a day dedicated to honouring the achievements of women and advocating for gender equality, we are reminded that true equality goes beyond ...

Ending poverty and injustice starts with gender justice and rights for women. Gender discrimination and persecution threaten the safety and dignity of millions of women around the world. Queer, trans, ...