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40 years after Bhopal gas tragedy, barefoot school ‘offers hope’ | Poverty and Development
Bhopal, India – Triveni Sonani starts her working day at 9am when she opens the gates of Oriya Basti school…
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A year into Javier Milei’s presidency, Argentina’s poverty hits a new high | Poverty and Development News
The soup kitchen is run by the Union of Informal Economy Workers (UTEP), an organisation that represents employees without contracts…
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Politics
World Bank announces record $100bn support for world’s poorest countries | Poverty and Development
International development organisation says sum will be deployed to support 78 countries that ‘need it most’. The World Bank has…
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‘We’ll never forget’: Town grieves after deadly Nigeria fuel tanker blast | Poverty and Development News
Majia, Nigeria – Days after a fuel tanker explosion killed 170 mostly young people in Majia, a farming town in…
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UN report says 1.1 billion people living in acute poverty | Poverty and Development News
Index shows that 83.2 percent of the world’s poorest people live in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. More than one…
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Poorest countries in worst financial shape since 2006, World Bank says | Poverty and Development
Low-income countries still poorer than they were before the COVID-19 pandemic, report finds. The world’s 26 poorest countries are deeper…
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Argentina records sharp rise in poverty
However, Milei has successfully curbed rampant government overspending, widely blamed for the country’s economic woes. After years of racking up…
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Entrepreneurship
Poverty declined last year, but many Americans face economic hardship
The official poverty rate fell because overall household income rose modestly in 2023—even after taking inflation into account—according to other…
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