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There is no silver bullet to ending poverty, and strategies to reach the most vulnerable must be tailored to each country’s context, taking into account the latest data and analysis and the needs of ...

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.

Halve, between 1990 and 2015, the proportion of people whose income is less than $1.25 a day The target of reducing extreme poverty rates by half was met five years ahead of the 2015 deadline.

Of those living in poverty, over 800 million people live in extreme poverty, surviving on less than US $1.25 a day. Skip to main content Toggle navigation Welcome to the United Nations ...

The idea of the poverty line dates back to 1963, when Mollie Orshansky, a statistician for the Social Security Administration, developed a method to measure how many families were unable to afford ...

Employing a rigorous interdisciplinary approach, the lab combines empirical evidence, academic expertise, and practical engagement to address global poverty challenges. The core mission involves ...

Why do a billion people still live in poverty worldwide, and what can be done to change this? The series <a href="http://www.whypoverty.net/" target="_blank">Why ...