The US president’s sudden hike in steel and aluminium tariffs to 50% has huge implications for several African countries, ...

The global lender found that 54% of electricity subsidies go to the top 40% income group, who typically live in larger homes and use more electricity due to higher ownership of appliances and air ...

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This marks a significant improvement from previous years. In 2017, India was ranked 116th and rose to 109th in 2024, ...

Using GoPros to monitor tree seedlings and tackling campus food insecurity through leftovers are among the initiatives that helped propel two Canadian universities into the top 10 in a U.K. ranking of ...

About 75.24 million people were living in extreme poverty in India during 2022-23, a massive drop from 344.47 million in 2011-12.

India's extreme poverty rate declined sharply to 5.3 per cent over a decade from 27.1 per cent in 2011-12 even as the World Bank revised upwards its threshold poverty line to $3 per day. Given ...

Reversing the increasing poverty rate, now at 45pc, requires political will and a strong policy focus.

These statistics refer to relative poverty, but on every other measure – from the number of children in destitution or near destitution, to a definition of what is needed for a dignified life, to a ...

By the end of 2024, the poverty rate in Uzbekistan decreased by 2.1 percentage points. Experts from the Center for Economic Research and Reforms (CERR) noted changes in the poverty profile and an ...

Aug 16 2024 Infographic: Wealth and poverty in our communities Census data shows Buffalo continues to struggle with high poverty. Over a dozen suburban Erie County towns boast incomes above New York ...