Extreme poverty will rise for the first time this century as COVID-19 hammers the global economy, the World Bank said on ...

*MANILA, Philippines — The coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic has pushed an estimated 75 million to 80 million more people in developing Asia into extreme poverty as of last year compared with ...

The coronavirus pandemic will widen the poverty gap between women and men, pushing 47 million more women and girls into ...

The share of people in the 10 Asean member states living under the poverty threshold fell to 10.8% last year, down from 13.3% in 2016. The figure, however, remains slightly higher than the global ...

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UNITED NATIONS — More than 1 billion people in the world live in acute poverty, over half are children and nearly 40% live in conflict-torn and fragile countries, according to a report released ...

Nearly 80 per cent of the world's poor - 887 million people - live in regions that are exposed to extreme heat, flooding and other climate hazards, highlighting the urgent need for global action to ...

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These graveyard residents tap into existing power lines for electricity and pay 3 pesos per gallon of water from nearby wells ...