Page 5 - Poverty

Covid-19 pushed 55 mn Africans into extreme poverty in 2020: UN Report

Poor people with few assets, limited access to credit, informal employment and low wages were particularly severely hit by containment measures introduced during the pandemic

Aid delivery to Afghan people has not been efficient under Taliban: Report

The report informs that international humanitarian aid to the tune of USD 1.88 billion pledged since mid-2021 has not been distributed efficiently and more than half of all Afghans go hungry

Afghanistan gets over $760 mn in cash aid to fight poverty, food shortage

The aim of the international aid has been to prevent widespread poverty and food shortages in the country hit by a devastating humanitarian crisis since the Taliban takeover in August last year

More Sri Lankans to slip into poverty this year, warns World Bank

Sri Lanka is currently in the throes of an unprecedented economic turmoil since its independence from Britain in 1948

Should purchasing power parity of $3.2 be made India's formal poverty line?

Experts have some reservations about the methodology used to arrive at the number, and that the poverty figures under the existing PPP of $1.9 per person per day have been understated

One-fifth of humanity could face poverty, hunger from Ukraine war: UN chief

IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said on Thursday that the Ukraine conflict will downgrade forecasts for 143 economies this year, which collectively make up 86% of the world's GDP

Extreme poverty in India fell sharply in 2011-19: World Bank paper

Rural decline steeper than in urban centres

Covid-19 plunged 77 million into poverty before Ukraine war: UN report

The pandemic plunged 77 million more people into extreme poverty last year and many developing countries can't recover because of the crippling cost of debt repayments

Govt taking steps to provide houses to every poor, says PM Modi

In a tweet Prime Minister Modi shared that more than three crore houses have been built under the PM Awas Yojana.

Myths and reality of microfinance

The size of loans and tenure of repayment can be increased. MFIs should also be allowed to give secured micro loans, depending on the end use and quantum, if we want to change the poverty landscape

Gaza Strip's population increases amid high poverty, unemployment

The coastal enclave of Gaza has witnessed a huge hike in population, which might be a bane rather than a boon for the overcrowded and besieged area

Ex-Starlink India head now plans a white paper on broadband, poverty

Sanjay Bhargava on Wednesday revealed that he now plans to write a white paper on how to ensure countrywide broadband access by 2023 and end poverty by 2030.

Poverty rate in Odisha to go down below 10% in next 5 yrs: CM Patnaik

Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Sunday said that the poverty rate in Odisha will be reduced below 10 per cent in the next 5 years,

Covid pandemic pushed over half a billion into extreme poverty: UN report

The COVID-19 pandemic is likely to halt two decades of global progress towards Universal Health Coverage, according to reports released on Sunday from the World Health Organization and World Bank

Covid-19 rolling back progress made for kids in last 75 yrs: Unicef

The Covid-19 pandemic is the biggest threat for children as it is rolling back progress on key challenges such as poverty, health and access to education, the Unicef said in a new report

India faces 'extreme pain', aspirations dashed: economist Abhijit Banerjee

The Nobel laureate was sharing his observations from a recent visit to West Bengal.

Blame game begins as J'khand among poorest states in Niti Aayog report

Hitting out at the Hemant Soren government, the BJP said the dispensation did not implement the central schemes properly as it was busy with transfers and postings

China made dubious claims of victory in its 'war on poverty': USCC

The USCC is a bipartisan commission created by Congress to monitor and report on trade, economic, and defence issues in the US-China relationship

UN responds to Musk on how his wealth could address world hunger

The head of UN's food-assistance branch WFP David Beasley has laid out the plan as to how this amount could prevent 42 million people across 43 countries from starving

Dip in India's rank in Global Hunger Index 2021 'shocking', says govt

The Centre on Friday said it was shocking that India's rank was lowered on the Global Hunger Index, terming the methodology used for rankings "unscientific". India slipped to 101st position in the Global Hunger Index (GHI) 2021 of 116 countries, from its 2020 position of 94th. It is now behind its neighbours Pakistan, Bangladesh and Nepal. Reacting sharply to the report, the Women and Child Development Ministry said it is "shocking" to find that the Global Hunger Report 2021 has lowered the rank of India on the basis of FAO estimate on proportion of undernourished population which is found to be "devoid of ground reality and facts and suffers from serious methodological issues". "The publishing agencies of the Global Hunger Report, Concern Worldwide and Welt Hungerhilfe, have not done their due diligence before releasing the report," the ministry said in a statement. The methodology used by FAO is "unscientific", the ministry claimed.