Absolute poverty affects nearly 6 million Italian residents and expats, with 71 billionaires owning 50% of the national wealth. Something has to change ...

Absolute poverty is when someone does not have access to basic human needs such as water, clothing, education and shelter. Most poverty is found in less economically developed countries (LEDCs).

The absolute poverty risk rate in Portugal varied between 8.5% and 12.6% in 2022, registering a decrease in the last 17 years, according to the interim report “Portugal, Balance Social 2024”.

Should the poverty line also vary with average income? These questions hark back to an old debate—whether poverty is absolute or relative. An absolute poverty line is intended to represent constant ...

The wealth of Italy's billionaires in 2024 increased by 61.1 billion euros - or 166 million a day - reaching a total value of 272.5 billion owned by 71 individuals, Oxfam said in its report ...

Absolute poverty refers to a level of poverty where people struggle to meet daily needs, such as food, shelter, sanitation and healthcare. A report published in 2023, by the anti-poverty ...

After declaring victory over absolute poverty in 2021, the country set up a five-year transitional period and established a long-term monitoring and assistance mechanism to prevent people from ...

The Labour Party, LP, presidential candidate in the 2023 election, Peter Obi, says Nigeria’s democracy is fast losing its ...

Scrapping the two-child limit would lift more than half a million out of absolute poverty at an eventual cost to the ...

UNICEF is among several key organizations to adopt the scientific estimates of child poverty developed at Bristol’s Townsend Centre for International Poverty Research. More than one third of all ...

Scotland’s child poverty rate could fall to 21.8% by January 2029 from the current rate – believed to be 23.7%, according to ...

The Scottish Government’s child poverty targets have “focused minds”, a Holyrood committee has said, but more action is needed to meet them.