The World Bank said on Thursday it would resume funding to Uganda, nearly two years after the global lender suspended new ...

The World Bank said it is committing $1 billion to help the Democratic Republic of Congo prepare for the development of the ...

India has made remarkable progress in reducing extreme poverty. World Bank data shows nearly 270 million people moved out of ...

India has significantly reduced poverty. Extreme poverty (living on less than $2.15 per day) fell from 16.2% in 2011-12 to ...

According to the World Bank’s recent report, around 54.7 million people in India were living on less than USD 3 per day in ...

In a major milestone, India’s extreme poverty rate dropped from 27.1 per cent in 2011-12 to 5.3 per cent in 2022-23, lifting ...

The World Bank has cut Kenya's growth forecast for this year by half a point from its initial prediction to 4.5%, it said on ...

The World Bank’s latest global poverty update reveals a dramatic decline in extreme poverty across India between 2011-12 and ...

India has lifted 171 million people from extreme poverty. Those living on less than $2.15 per day fell from 16.2 percent in ...

The new poverty line, adjusted for inflation and global economic conditions, raised the bar by 15% compared to the previous ...

The World Bank's assessment, using the international poverty line of $3.00 per day at 2021 prices, highlights a widespread ...

As per the figures, extreme poverty dropped to 5.3 per cent in 2022–23, down from 27.1 per cent in 2011–12, translating to a ...