Oxfam’s latest report describes the period as a “Billionaire’s decade,” highlighting that while extreme wealth grows rapidly, ...

Data from the World Bank suggests that extreme poverty has declined dramatically over the past four decades, from 47% of the world's population in 1981 to around 10% today. This narrative is based on ...

Take A Number: A Striking Figure In Economic News Today It would cost $318 billion per year to eliminate most extreme poverty worldwide, that is, people living on less than $2.15 per day, a study ...

A new study by U.S.-based academics has found that ending global poverty could be “surprisingly affordable,” requiring about 0.3% — or $318 billion — of global gross domestic product (GDP) to reduce ...

A report issued during a United Nations event for World Day of the Poor shows that efforts to alleviate global poverty have slowed. The annual Pope Francis Global Poverty Report released by Jesuit-run ...

As a volunteer with The Borgen Project, I’ve come to understand that poverty is not confined by borders. While it’s easy to focus on the challenges we see in our own communities, the reality is that ...

The Fast Company Executive Board is a private, fee-based network of influential leaders, experts, executives, and entrepreneurs who share their insights with our audience. BY Alexander De Ridder As a ...

New York, 17 October 2025 – Nearly 8 in 10 people living in multidimensional poverty – 887 million out of 1.1 billion globally – are directly exposed to climate hazards such as extreme heat, flooding, ...

Bill Gates has answered 11 questions submitted by readers of Newsweek magazine about his work in developing countries, high-tech versus low-tech solutions to poverty, the impending water shortage, and ...

THE World Bank, a trustworthy source of information and data, says that Kenya is the 10th-poorest country in the world, with ...

Please enable JavaScript to read this content. Many people cannot access basic needs due to extreme poverty caused by unemployment. [Photo: Courtesy] World Bank has ...

Jason Hickel receives funding from European Research Council (ERC-2022-SYG reference number 101071647). Dylan Sullivan receives funding from European Research Council (ERC-2022-SYG reference number ...