Covid Could Push Over 200 Million More People Into Extreme Poverty By 2030: UN
World News | Press Trust of India | Sunday December 6, 2020
An additional 207 million people could be pushed into extreme poverty by 2030 due to the severe long-term impact of the coronavirus pandemic, bringing the total number of the world's extremely poor to more than a billion, a new study from the UN Development Programme (UNDP) has found.
43 Million Americans Lived Below Poverty Line In 2015: Report
World News | Agence France-Presse | Wednesday September 14, 2016
More than 43 million Americans lived below poverty line in 2015, a US Census report said today, indicating that the world's largest economy experienced one of the sharpest decline in poverty rates in 16 years.
Urban poverty: Maharashtra's vanishing act?
India News | Written by Miloni Bhatt | Wednesday August 21, 2013
Urban poverty levels in Maharashtra dropped by a massive 47 per cent in 2011-2012, according to the latest poverty estimates by the Planning Commission.
Build a company like Infosys, lift people out of poverty: Jim Yong Kim
Business | Wednesday March 13, 2013
Jim Yong Kim, who took over as the president of the World Bank in July last year, is on his maiden visit to India. He speaks to NDTV's Vikram Chandra on his first impressions of the country, the development challenges that India is facing and how poverty levels can be brought down.
Build a company like Infosys, lift people out of poverty: World Bank president
Business | Wednesday March 13, 2013
Jim Yong Kim, who took over as the president of the World Bank in July last year, is on his maiden visit to India. He speaks to NDTV's Vikram Chandra on his first impressions of the country, the development challenges that India is facing and how poverty levels can be brought down.
Growth rate should be linked to social indicators: Rangarajan
Business | Wednesday January 11, 2012
"Even as GDP is maintained, poverty level and malnutrition can be brought down in the next 10 years. I don't believe high growth means high inflation," he said.
World's hungry population decreases but remains large
World News | Neil MacFarquhar, New York Times | Wednesday September 15, 2010
The number of undernourished people in the world decreased this year for the first time in 15 years, but the level remains higher than before the 2008 food crisis, and the volatile state of prices gives cause for unease, senior United Nations officials said Tuesday. The number of hungry people fell to 925 million from the record high of 1.02 billio...
Covid Could Push Over 200 Million More People Into Extreme Poverty By 2030: UN
World News | Press Trust of India | Sunday December 6, 2020
An additional 207 million people could be pushed into extreme poverty by 2030 due to the severe long-term impact of the coronavirus pandemic, bringing the total number of the world's extremely poor to more than a billion, a new study from the UN Development Programme (UNDP) has found.
43 Million Americans Lived Below Poverty Line In 2015: Report
World News | Agence France-Presse | Wednesday September 14, 2016
More than 43 million Americans lived below poverty line in 2015, a US Census report said today, indicating that the world's largest economy experienced one of the sharpest decline in poverty rates in 16 years.
Urban poverty: Maharashtra's vanishing act?
India News | Written by Miloni Bhatt | Wednesday August 21, 2013
Urban poverty levels in Maharashtra dropped by a massive 47 per cent in 2011-2012, according to the latest poverty estimates by the Planning Commission.
Build a company like Infosys, lift people out of poverty: Jim Yong Kim
Business | Wednesday March 13, 2013
Jim Yong Kim, who took over as the president of the World Bank in July last year, is on his maiden visit to India. He speaks to NDTV's Vikram Chandra on his first impressions of the country, the development challenges that India is facing and how poverty levels can be brought down.
Build a company like Infosys, lift people out of poverty: World Bank president
Business | Wednesday March 13, 2013
Jim Yong Kim, who took over as the president of the World Bank in July last year, is on his maiden visit to India. He speaks to NDTV's Vikram Chandra on his first impressions of the country, the development challenges that India is facing and how poverty levels can be brought down.
Growth rate should be linked to social indicators: Rangarajan
Business | Wednesday January 11, 2012
"Even as GDP is maintained, poverty level and malnutrition can be brought down in the next 10 years. I don't believe high growth means high inflation," he said.
World's hungry population decreases but remains large
World News | Neil MacFarquhar, New York Times | Wednesday September 15, 2010
The number of undernourished people in the world decreased this year for the first time in 15 years, but the level remains higher than before the 2008 food crisis, and the volatile state of prices gives cause for unease, senior United Nations officials said Tuesday. The number of hungry people fell to 925 million from the record high of 1.02 billio...
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