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 ...

A stock image of a child eating. In 2023, the official poverty rate fell 0.4 percentage points to 11.1 percent. A stock image of a child eating. In 2023, the official poverty rate fell 0.4 ...

Alaska did not have the highest outright ... [+] poverty rate. But it did experience a shocking increase in poverty among people aged 65 and older from 2012 to 2022. Poverty in the United States ...

This metric relies on data from the U.S. Census Bureau, which determines poverty rates by calculating the share of people in a state whose family or individual income falls below poverty thresholds.

If you want to improve your finances, it may help to be aware of something called the cycle of poverty – and some of the many traps that keep you in it. What Is the Cycle of Poverty and How to ...

Respect for human rights is closely intertwined with addressing poverty and extreme inequality. Human Rights Watch research exposes how people experiencing poverty are often more vulnerable to ...

Whether as a sponsor or donor, a member or volunteer, or an employee or fellow, you can make a difference. Experiencing poverty during childhood can lead to lasting harmful effects that compromise not ...

The idea of the poverty line dates back to 1963, when Mollie Orshansky, a statistician for the Social Security Administration ...

By Lydia DePillis The nation’s poverty rate rose last year even as incomes improved, the government reported on Tuesday, reflecting higher prices and the expiration of the last pandemic relief ...

D.C. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images Left unchecked, poverty during the pandemic could have reached the highest levels in over 50 years. Instead, Congress acted with speed and purpose. Almost ...

Abbé Pierre campaigned for decades against homelessness and poverty. Revelations about his treatment of women have destroyed his image as a symbol of virtue in France. By Aurelien Breeden ...

California also has the nation’s fourth-highest level of income disparity, which explains why it also has the nation’s highest level of poverty in the Census Bureau’s supplemental ...