The World Bank’s Poverty and Shared Prosperity series provides the latest ... It also sheds light on the impact of taxes, transfers, and subsidies on poverty and inequality in 94 countries before 2020 ...

WB says many households bear disproportionate burden preventing them from escaping poverty, weathering crises.

If it is to survive, a multipolar world will require more, not less, international cooperation to tackle climate change and ...

Madagascar, one of the world’s poorest countries, was hit with a rate of 47 per cent. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Some of the harshest tariffs imposed by US President Donald Trump are aimed at some of the poorest and most vulnerable ...

The global goal of eradicating extreme poverty, defined as living on $2.15 per person per day, by 2030 remains a formidable ...