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A sharp rise in child poverty was registered across 40 of the world’s richest countries between 2014 and 2021, according to a new report published on Wednesday by the UN Children's Fund's global research centre, Innocenti. more
500 million heading into extreme poverty, says UN
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has appealed to the world to renew its commitment to a poverty-free world.
More than half a billion pushed into extreme poverty due to health costs
New York: The COVID-19 pandemic is likely to halt two decades of global progress towards Universal Health Coverage, according to reports released on Sunday from the World Health Organizat ...
Poverty and violence push 378,000 Central Americans north each year
New York: For the past five years, poverty, food insecurity, climate shocks and violence have pushed, on average, some 378,000 Central Americans a year into the United States, according t ...
