Nearly 700 million people around the world are classified as living in extreme poverty, surviving on less than $2.15 per day per person, according to the World Bank. The UN declared Oct. 17 as the ...

5 September - Around the world, over 800 million people live in extreme poverty and 1.1 billion people are still living in multidimensional poverty. As part of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable ...

Data from the World Bank suggests that extreme poverty has declined dramatically over the past four decades, from 47% of the world's population in 1981 to around 10% today. This narrative is based on ...

Thanksgiving is traditionally a good time to start counting your blessings. And for years, hundreds of millions of people have had this to be thankful for: they live in a time that has made historic ...

Jason Hickel receives funding from European Research Council (ERC-2022-SYG reference number 101071647). Dylan Sullivan receives funding from European Research Council (ERC-2022-SYG reference number ...