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Using detailed surveys and machine learning computation, new research co-authored at UC Berkeley's Center for Effective Global Action finds that eradicating extreme poverty would be surprisingly ...

South Africa's poverty line has surged to R2 846 per person per month, reflecting the escalating cost of living.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Aisha Nyandoro is a leading voice on equitable economic policies. It’s time to retire the outdated federal poverty line and ...

Israel ranks second in the OECD for child poverty, amid deep social and regional gaps, after 2024 poverty report shows ...

Poverty in Argentina reached its highest level since the aftermath of the 2001 financial crisis in the first half of the year, as President Javier Milei unleashed a shock therapy program to put an ...

Nigeria’s poverty debate has drifted into a dangerous simplification. A single figure appears, detached from its assumptions, ...

Very deep poverty is defined by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation as earning below 40% of the median household income. According ...