Africa is experiencing a troubling surge in severe lived poverty, reversing hard-won gains from the past two decades, ...

This Economic Issue is based on IMF Working Paper 00/78 "Rural Poverty in Developing Countries: Issues and Policies." Citations for the research referred to in this shortened version are provided in ...

Progress has stalled amid low growth, setbacks due to COVID-19, and increased fragility. Poverty rates in low-income countries are higher than before the pandemic. Around 3.5 billion people (44 ...

Ever wondered which country struggles the most with happiness? Lets dive into the latest rankings and explore the factors ...

Poor kids in the US are likely to become poor adults. More government support during adulthood could change that.

A recent survey shows that extreme poverty in Morocco has decreased to around 3%, with the country’s poverty index dropping ...

on behalf of the Global Coalition to End Child Poverty COVID-19, the illness caused by the novel coronavirus, is now present in virtually every country on earth. Each at different stages of the ...

The connection between poverty and economic stability presents ongoing difficulties for Pakistani policymakers. The economic trajectory of Pakistan, one of the most populous developing countries ...

Poverty has many dimensions. Following recent crises, not least the COVID-19 pandemic and the cost-of-living crisis, some of poverty's known dimensions have evolved while new forms have emerged.

More than half the children in parts of Greater Manchester are living in poverty, according to a new report.