Nigeria has overtaken India as the country with the largest number of people living in extreme poverty, with an estimated 87 million Nigerians, or around half of the country’s population, thought to ...

The recent estimate by the World Bank says that the number of people in India living in extreme poverty declined from 344 million in 2011-12 to 75 million in 2022-23. That is 269 million people ...

The real poverty line at which a bare minimum level of nutrition can be reached, is at least three times the official poverty ...

The World Bank says that India has made radical strides in eliminating extreme poverty. The reality on the ground is more complicated.

In celebration of our partners and the great work they do to advance economic progress for all, we interviewed some of our Nasdaq Foundation grant recipients about their roles, backgrounds and the ...

Here’s a collection of some of the best data visualisations on global literacy, mortality, birth rates and more that will help put some of the biggest issues surrounding poverty today into perspective ...

“We have stopped eating tomatoes in salad,” one shopper said, “and we are not making any tomato-based vegetable dishes.” By Hari Kumar and Mujib Mashal Reporting from New Delhi Last year it was wheat, ...

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Here’s a collection of some of the best data visualizations on global literacy, mortality, birth rates and more that will help put some of the biggest issues surrounding poverty today into perspective ...