Around 1 in 5 children today are living in extreme poverty, according to new World Bank-UNICEF research. In 2024, an estimated 412 million children aged 17 or younger were residing in households ...

New World Bank report says shifting from state-led, capital-intensive industries to those that hire more workers would sustain progress and create a more resilient economy DUSHANBE, September 22, 2025 ...

(Reuters) -Pakistan’s sharp decline in poverty has stalled in recent years due to economic shocks and a lack of structural reforms, the World Bank said on Tuesday. The international lender said that ...

Pakistan’s poverty crisis continues to spiral out of control, with the World Bank’s 2025 assessment revealing a shocking 44.7 per cent of the population living below the USD 4.20/day poverty line, ...

New World Bank programme Megaproject failure Focus on Nacala and Inhambane Ignores own agricultural suggestions Broken social contract and failing schools M ...

To understand the role of storytelling in contemporary pop music, researchers at UC Berkeley created a machine learning ...

Newly-installed World Bank President David Malpass spent his first day at the global lender Tuesday hammering home the message that the most urgent issue facing the bank is addressing global poverty.

Congress MP Jairam Ramesh on Sunday accused the central government of misrepresenting the World Bank's Poverty and Equity Brief for India, stating that poverty and inequality remain "deeply troubling" ...