Global poverty grows again for the first time in 30 yearsOne of humanity's greatest success stories has quietly come to an end. That's according to the now-published World Bank report Poverty and Shared Prosperity. That was the largest increase since global poverty has been measured. More than 9 percent of the global population, or 700 million people, now live in extreme poverty. Since 2015, for example, global poverty has been slow to reduce.

Source: The Munich Eye October 07, 2022 06:51 UTC