We saw this paradigm at Davos last week, as leaders talked up growth. But that fails the planet and the world’s poorest.

The global fight against extreme poverty used to be a success story. In 1981, a staggering 41% of the world’s population ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. I think the most interesting aspect of this report is the different directions the two measures of poverty went in 2023. On one ...

In Davos, politicians and people from the business world discussed the fight against poverty. In fact, such conferences are completely pointless in the fight against poverty. In his speech, Javier ...

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Under Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, there are “fewer families living in poverty” than under her predecessor. The poverty rate under Michigan’s Democratic governor, Gretchen Whitmer, has ranged from ...

Tinubu introduced sweeping economic reforms upon assumption of office, resulting in the worst cost-of-living crisis in a generation. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says that the tough economic ...

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The number of Americans living in poverty, according to the nation’s official definition, fell slightly to about 36.8 million in 2023, the Census Bureau announced on Sept. 10, 2024. The data released ...