Poverty rates in low-income countries are higher than before ... a measure of the inclusiveness of growth. The Global Prosperity Gap, a new indicator of shared prosperity used by the World Bank, ...

It has often been said that the world’s aggregate poverty gap—the total monetary amount by which all poor people fall below the poverty line—is modest when one uses poverty lines typical of low-income ...

The Center for American Progress Task Force on Poverty outlines 12 key steps for cutting poverty in half in the next 10 years. Thirty-seven million Americans live below the official poverty line.

News: Hong Kong’s wealth gap is widening as number of struggling elderly increases Report from Oxfam found more than 1.39 million residents living in poverty in the first quarter of 2024 More ...

A Legislature-backed Commission on Poverty in Massachusetts aims to address the state's historic wealth gap. The commission will study demographic disparities and existing programs to reduce ...

The Bucks County report estimates that property taxes in some area schools leave a funding gap of $36 million that state funding ... school districts also have a greater share of students in poverty ...

This dashboard presents the trends in the poverty rate, the poverty gap, and the severity index under various poverty lines for the countries and sub-regions of LAC. The poverty lines include the ...