The Latest Breaking News from Poverty

Myanmar's poverty crisis worsens due to civil war and economic instability, risking irreversible impacts without urgent intervention.

Rising temperatures, dense urban populations and increasing poverty have contributed to more than a quarter of a million cases, and campaigners don’t think the government is doing enough about it

The Nordic model encompasses a strong welfare state, protection of workers through collective bargaining, good pension schemes and low levels of poverty. This system has gone hand-in-hand with a progressive approach to issues like gender equality and maternity or paternity leave. But the social model has come under pressure from…

Only 6% of Indian Americans lived along or below the poverty line as of 2022 in the United States. Half of the Asian Americans who lived in poverty said that their ‘American dream’ was out of reach.