UN poverty index rises for first time since 2010, with 1.2 billion people now affected, according to the latest UNDP report.
The Economic Issues series aims to make available to a broad readership of nonspecialists some of the economic research being produced on topical issues by IMF staff. The series draws mainly from IMF ...
A new study exploring the effects of international student mobility has found that foreign-educated graduates reduce extreme poverty in low and middle-income countries. The paper, published in the ...
Despite differences among nations, poverty in the European Union declined between 2015 and 2023, according to a study ...
Nearly half of all children under 5 in developing regions are poor, undernourished, or both, according to a report published today by the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative at the ...
The economic impact of the Iran war could push more than 32 million people into poverty worldwide, with developing countries expected to be affected the most, according to the United Nations ...
The number of people living in acute poverty worldwide has risen by 51.5 million this year compared with last year.