The world economy is growing steadily in the face of global conflict, protectionist trade policies and high interest rates.

The World Bank’s Poverty and Shared Prosperity series provides the latest estimates and trends in global poverty and shared prosperity. The 2022 edition provides the first comprehensive look at the ...

"China has the condition not only to reduce poverty in its own country, but also to help other countries to do it through cooperation projects, such as those under the Global Development ...

Global growth is expected to hold at an annual rate of 2.7 percent for the next two years, the same as in 2024, the bank’s ...

Thirty years ago, the South African photo journalist Kevin Carter captured a haunting image of The Vulture and the Little ...

The global economy is growing steadily in the face of war, protectionist trade policies and high interest rates. It just isn’t growing fast enough to bring relief to the world’s poorest, the World ...

Our goal is accomplished by supporting graduate student and faculty research, providing undergraduate research opportunities, coordinating a seminar series, and assisting with data management In July ...

I'm Jim Lindsay, director of Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations. This week's topic is combating global poverty. With me to discuss progress in setbacks and trends in promoting global ...

Opening up their economies to the global economy has been essential in enabling many developing countries to develop competitive advantages in the manufacture of certain products. In these countries, ...

Meanwhile, “global poverty reduction has slowed to a near standstill.” In early 2024, the charity group Oxfam International noted that, since 2020, “148 top corporations made $1.8 trillion ...