The world has made tremendous progress in reducing extreme poverty. The percentage of people living in extreme poverty globally fell to a new low of 10 percent in 2015 — the latest number available — ...

Paul Gleason prepared the text for this pamphlet. The causes of rural poverty are complex and multidimensional. They involve, among other things, culture, climate, gender, markets, and public policy.

While important gains in reducing global poverty have been made steadily since 1998, the pace of this reduction had slowed considerably in recent years. It was becoming increasingly unrealistic to ...

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 ...

Globally, education is recognized as a cornerstone of social and economic development. Yet, for millions of children, basic education remains out of reach due to "learning poverty." This term refers ...

He also stated that the text books are stuck in a time wrap and ... In fact, since adequately poverty-stricken images cannot be shot today, textbook writers have gone out of their way to source ...