Learn how the poverty gap measures poverty's intensity through income shortfalls from the poverty line, and explore its ...

It would take $318 billion per year, or 0.3% of the world's economic output, to end most extreme poverty worldwide, according to newly published research.

It's called the "graduation" approach — both financial and moral support to help people move from extreme poverty to ...

A popular blogger says the real poverty line for a family of four is around $140,000. There has been pushback.

New research from the Urban Institute credits stimulus checks, federal unemployment benefits, and bigger food stamps with a sizable drop in poverty.

Using nationally representative household consumption surveys from 23 countries that together account for 50% of the world’s poor, we estimate that reducing the poverty rate to 1% (from a baseline of ...

The charity's Dying in Poverty 2025 report estimates 594 people who died in Wigan last year spent their final months living ...

At the dawn of the new millennium, the United Nations set a goal of eradicating poverty by 2030. With 14 years left to go, we’ve already reduced the proportion of destitute people in world by 50 ...

Explore Nigeria's economy in 2025, detailing its 3.9% GDP growth and lower inflation. Learn why despite progress, public debt ...

In his January 1964 State of the Union address, President Lyndon Johnson proclaimed, “This administration today, here and now, declares unconditional war on poverty in America.” In the 50 years since ...