Not long ago, obesity was popularly considered a disease of affluence — the product of excess and overindulgence. Today, ...

Nearly 8 in 10 people living in multidimensional poverty – 887 million out of 1.1 billion globally – are directly exposed to ...

Nearly 8 in 10 people living in multidimensional poverty—887 million out of 1.1 billion globally—are directly exposed to ...

THE latest World Bank Nigeria country assessment paints a sobering picture of a country struggling to convert economic ...

Nearly 80 per cent of the world’s poor – 887 million people – live in regions that are exposed to extreme heat, flooding and ...

Writing in his regular column for the Record, the First Minister says his Government has a responsibility to fund international aid programmes helping some of the world's poorest communities.

The World Bank last week said about 61 per cent of Nigeria’s population — 139 million people — now live in poverty, rising from 40 per cent, or 81 million people, in 2019. In this interview with News ...

Robert Taliercio O’Brien, the World Bank Country Director, on Thursday said the 24-Hour Economy and the Big Push policies, if ...

What is the most pressing challenge for humanity in an era of uncertainty and transformation? While answers to this question ...

Nearly 700 million people around the world are classified as living in extreme poverty, surviving on less than USD2.15 per ...

The World Bank's latest assessment on poverty and equity in Ethiopia forecasts that poverty will increase to 43% by 2025, up ...

Kerala achieves a historic milestone, becoming India's first 'extreme poverty-free state' through its impactful EPEP program ...