The national ‘cost of basic needs’ line places about 21.9pc of the population below the poverty threshold, based on 2018-2019 ...

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, ...

Low-income children and families would be among the groups hit hardest by Republicans' One Big Beautiful Bill Act. While the bill would be a boon to wealthy Americans, it would scale back resources ...

Pope Leo XIV released a major teaching document on Thursday about poverty. It's Leo's first major document since his election in May. Pope Leo is drawing the world's attention to poverty. A new ...

Roxanne Addink de Graaf is the Director of Strategy and Impact at Partners Worldwide. She has been working at Partners Worldwide for two decades, pursuing the organization's vision of a world without ...

In response to the U.S. Census Bureau’s release of new data on poverty and incomes in 2024, Rebecca Riddell, Oxfam America’s Economic Justice Senior Policy Lead, said: “Today’s Census data affirms the ...

More American cities—even those seen as affluent—are home to people living without running water as people are being "squeezed" by unaffordable housing and the cost-of-living crisis, new research ...