The World Bank’s projection that Nigeria's poverty rate could soar to 56% by 2027 is now a source of concern to NACCIMA and ...

Poverty remains one of South Africa’s most serious challenges. Despite being a country rich in resources, many people still live in poor conditions. High unemployment, low education levels, and ...

A World Bank report reveals India lifted 170 million people out of poverty between 2011-12 and 2022-23, with extreme poverty ...

The World Bank last Thursday raised   disturbing alarm  that poverty in Nigeria will  rise astronomically by 3.6 percentage points  as 20 millions will swell the ranks of the poor over the next two ...

World Bank noted that sub-Saharan Africa has the highest extreme poverty rate globally, with a large share of the poor ...

But government research has shown the number of working people, children and pensioners living in poverty in rural locations is increasing, while in urban areas numbers are falling. With changes ...

Period poverty is a public health challenge that affects women and girls across both high- and low-income countries. Access ...

The World Bank's Moldova Poverty Assessment reveals that poverty reduction in Moldova has stalled due to declining ...

The poverty rate among Rwandans dropped to 27.4 per cent in 2024, from 39.8 per cent in 2017, a new survey shows. The seventh Integrated Household Living Conditions Survey’s (EICV 7) findings show ...

The Organised Private Sector of Nigeria has called on the Federal Government to urgently inject targeted economic stimulus ...

Importantly, poverty in resource-rich, fragile countries (which include large countries like the Democratic Republic of Congo and Nigeria) is expected to increase by 3.6 percentage points over 2022–27 ...