Poverty in India is a complex and multifaceted issue influenced by a combination of historical, economic, social, and political factors. Several renowned economists and leaders have provided ...

Earlier, the World Bank had said that extreme poverty in India had declined by 38 million in 2021 to 167.49 million after growing in the preceding two years. The ‘Poverty, Prosperity and Planet ...

India has 129 million citizens living in extreme poverty in 2024, the World Bank said in its recently published report. These people live on less than Rs 180 a day. The number of extremely poor ...

This highlights the need for sustained, evidence-based policy interventions, particularly in conflict-prone regions where poverty alleviation efforts have been stymied. India has been a standout ...

Over 1.1 billion people are living in acute poverty, with India having the highest number. Approximately 584 million children are significantly affected. The report highlights the severe impact of ...

India is among the five countries globally with the largest number of people living in poverty, according to the UN report that said 1.1 billion people, over half of them minors, live in acute poverty ...

We are launching a regional essay competition for Caribbean youth aged 18-29 to share their ideas on poverty and development. This competition gives university-level students a platform to propose ...

If you want to improve your finances, it may help to be aware of something called the cycle of poverty – and some of the many traps that keep you in it. What Is the Cycle of Poverty and How to ...

Halve, between 1990 and 2015, the proportion of people whose income is less than $1.25 a day The target of reducing extreme poverty rates by half was met five years ahead of the 2015 deadline.

Why, asks Matthew Desmond — the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of "Poverty, By America" (Crown) and a professor of sociology at Princeton University — is there so much destitution in America?

More questionable is that about 11.1 percent of Americans live in poverty despite this national wealth. However, the acceptance that poverty for some is an unfortunate consequence of free markets ...