Around 1 in 5 children today are living in extreme poverty, according to new World Bank-UNICEF research. In 2024, an estimated 412 million children aged 17 or younger were residing in households ...

Under a higher threshold, almost a fifth of China’s population would be considered to be living in poverty, World Bank estimates showed.

(Reuters) -Pakistan’s sharp decline in poverty has stalled in recent years due to economic shocks and a lack of structural reforms, the World Bank said on Tuesday. The international lender said that ...

The World Bank has warned that poverty in Pakistan is rising again after years of steady decline. In a new report, the bank said that national poverty fell from 64.3% in 2001 to 21.9% in 2018. However ...

New World Bank report says shifting from state-led, capital-intensive industries to those that hire more workers would sustain progress and create a more resilient economy DUSHANBE, September 22, 2025 ...

Newly-installed World Bank President David Malpass spent his first day at the global lender Tuesday hammering home the message that the most urgent issue facing the bank is addressing global poverty.

Poverty has risen steeply in Nigeria even as Africa’s most—populous country undertakes reforms designed to deliver economic growth, according to a new report from the World Bank. The number of ...

Is India’s poverty rate 5% or 24%? A debate over poverty lines, data transparency, and Parliament’s questions reveals how millions may be missing from policy.