The World Bank has raised a fresh concern over the rising poverty in Nigeria, saying that a staggering 75.5 per cent of rural dwellers live below the poverty line.

In a majority of these places, the local poverty rate exceeds the comparable statewide rate by over 10 percentage points. (Here is a look at the poorest county in every state.) ...

Jairam Ramesh said government supporters are now trying to twist the data to claim that India is “one of the most equal ...

IN 2022, the World Bank (WB) published a fact sheet on Guyana, which asserted that Guyana’s poverty level, “measured using the upper-middle income poverty line (US$5.5 per day in 2011 PPP) has dropped ...

Sub-Saharan Africa's poverty rate has also been raised, increasing the estimated number of people living in extreme poverty ...

"Three months after its release, the Modi Government's drumbeaters and cheerleaders have begun spinning the World Bank's data ...

“This report is a crucial first step in the deliberate approach my administration plans to take in addressing longstanding needs,” Mayor John Ewing said.

The benefit of rise in per capita income has not percolated to the masses to the extent it was happening before 2015-16 ...

Congress MP Jairam Ramesh raised alarms over rising inequality in India, revealing that in 2023-24, the top 10% of earners made 13 times more than the bottom 10%.

Bizarre as it may seem, especially for a country with so many people at low levels of income and consumption, as well as a country with an enviable record of studying poverty, India’s poverty lies in ...

Global Citizen is focusing on cities to combat extreme poverty amid global political gridlock. The international advocacy ...

Congress disputes India's Gini Index-based equality ranking, citing 28.1% poverty rate and widening disparity as evidence of flawed data and government spin ...