Between 1990 and today, the number of people living in extreme poverty — meaning on the equivalent of $3 or less per day in US purchasing power — fell from 2.3 billion to around 800 million, even as ...

The number of South Africans who live in extreme poverty – going to bed hungry more often than not – has dropped by 5.1 ...

The number of children living in extreme poverty has nearly tripled in the past five years, according to a new report that lays bare the impact of the cost of living crisis on hard-hit families. A ...

Income-based poverty in Argentina fell to 36.3% of the population in the third quarter of this year, down from 45.6% in the ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Prevalence of heart disease risk factors ranged from 1.4% to 17.5% in people living in extreme poverty. The ...

Emergency funds are powerful tools for short-term relief but insufficient for driving or sustaining long-term systemic change ...

Argentina’s poverty rate stands at 36.3%, according to UCA’s Observatorio de la Deuda Social; Lowest level since 2018 – but ...

Jamaica’s poverty rate dipped to a historic 7.8 per cent in 2024, down from the previous record low of 8.2 per cent in the prior year. At the same time, 2.7 per cent of the population are facing ...

In a striking announcement this April, the World Bank claimed that India has successfully lifted 171 million people out of extreme poverty over the decade spanning 2011-12 to 2022-23. According to its ...

A study published in the journal Nature Human Behavior estimates the prevalence of cardiovascular disease risk factors among adults living in extreme poverty. It is generally believed that adults ...

To identify the 25 cities hit hardest by extreme poverty, 24/7 Wall St. reviewed five-year data on concentrated poverty from the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 American Community Survey. Metropolitan areas ...