People in parts of the Angolan capital, Luanda, are still afraid to talk openly about what happened in July when protests ...

Over the three-year period from 2022 through 2024, California and Louisiana posted the highest rates under the Supplemental Poverty Measure (SPM), with 17.7 percent of residents living in poverty.

A new report by the World Bank and UNICEF has revealed that despite global progress in reducing extreme child poverty, Sub-Saharan Africa has seen no improvement in the past decade, with more than ...

By Our World in Data To track progress towards ending extreme poverty, the United Nations relies on World Bank estimates of the number of people living below a poverty threshold called the ...

The coffee industry is currently one of the world’s leading drivers of deforestation. It often depends on poverty wages, ...

The World Bank will bring together public policy leaders, academics, and international organizations in Washington for a ...

Artificial intelligence has the potential to boost productivity in African agriculture, which is lagging behind.

Home to more than 1 billion people, the 39 emerging market and developing economies (EMDEs) classified as being in fragile ...

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, adopted in 1948, established the principle that all people, regardless of race, gender or nationality, are entitled to dignity and equality. Over the decades ...

Agriculture remains at the heart of rural livelihoods in Haiti, providing income for most rural families and accounting for 66 percent of rural employment.

The World Bank issued a 90 million euro Sustainable Development Bond on September 15. The 7-year bond will support activities ...