The number of people living in “multidimensional” poverty has risen for the first time in 15 years, reaching 1.2 billion, as ...

Discover the alarming rise in global acute poverty, affecting 1.2 billion people, and understand the complex factors behind ...

Global poverty has increased for the first time since the launch of a major international poverty index in 2010, with an ...

The number of people living in acute poverty worldwide has risen by 51.5 million this year compared with last year.

Global poverty rises for the first time in 16 years, with 1.2 billion people affected, according to the latest UNDP ...

Posters featuring portraits of several world leaders line a road in Johannesburg, South Africa, on November 20, 2025, ahead of the G20 summit to be held there. Credit: AP foto/Themba Hadebe ...

Despite the world’s technological advancements and progress, global poverty unfortunately remains one of the most pressing challenges of our time. It is critical to examine the scope of global poverty ...

Two billion people globally suffer from moderate to severe food insecurity and widespread micronutrient deficiencies. This contrasts with 654 million people who are classified as extremely poor ...

Addressing the conference while representing Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, Ahsan Iqbal emphasised that poverty reduction required sustained investment in human development, education, healthcare and ...

COVID-19 has dealt the "biggest setback" to global poverty reduction efforts in decades, and the World Bank warned that the goal to eradicate extreme poverty by 2030 likely remains out-of-reach.

More than a quarter of the global population still lacks access to seven basic needs identified as fundamental by the late Pope Francis -- with close to 60% living in nations with severe restrictions ...

An additional 17.9 million Nigerians fell into multidimensional poverty between 2021 and 2024, the highest increase recorded by any country globally, according to a new report by the United Nations ...