Since 1990, the World Bank has reported estimates of the number of people worldwide that live in extreme poverty. This poverty standard is based on how the poorest countries in the world define ...

A total of 9.3 million people in the UK, including 3 million children, currently experience levels of poverty and hunger so extreme they rely on charitable food. Research conducted on behalf of the ...

London, United Kingdom, September 11, 2024 — It’s nice to be back at Chatham House. I spoke here in November 2022 about the UK’s place in a changing world. Today I want to focus on some of the poorest ...

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We used to be trapped. And by “we,” I really do mean all of us. A few hundred years ago, the majority of the world lived in extreme poverty, and even in recent decades, people lucky enough to clear ...

As part of her research on migrant destitution, Lucy Leon has previously received research funding from the Aberdeen Group Charitable Trust (formerly known as abrdn financial fairness trust) and is ...