poverty

The gap is shrinking.Photographer: Qilai Shen/Bloomberg
Bloomberg Special

Fight poverty, not income inequality

The difference in wealth between the rich and the poor has been shrinking, but that's not necessarily good news

Attendees stand during the COP27 climate summit in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt November 9, 2022. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany
Africa

African nations tell COP27 fossil fuels will tackle poverty

Debapriya Bhattachariya. Illustration: TBS
Economy

Worried about increasing poverty, not famine: Debapriya 

Luciano, 12, standing by the devastation left by Cyclone Ana and flooding in Malawi. Photo: Thoko Chikondi/Save the Children.
World+Biz

One in three children face double threat of climate risk, poverty: Save the Children

UN chief calls for urgent global action on poverty eradication
World+Biz

UN chief calls for urgent global action on poverty eradication

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Bangladesh

Despite big drop in poverty, over 4cr still poor in country: Study  

Friends play football in the playground of the School No. 134 that was destroyed by Russian military strikes, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, in Kharkiv, Ukraine, October 14, 2022. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne
World+Biz

World Bank says Ukraine has tenfold increase in poverty due to war

Inflation may ease in October: Planning minister
Bangladesh

Inflation may ease in October: Planning minister

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Global Economy

Cost-of-living crisis driving 'breathtaking' surge in extreme poverty -UNDP

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Economy

Inflation pushes 21 lakh into poverty: Study

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Bangladesh

Char Rajibpur: An upazila where almost 80% people are poor

Is the stone crushing job an opportunity for women? Perhaps, yes, but they do this work as the region they live in offers few other alternative earning sources for women. Photo: Mumit M
Panorama

How impoverished women keep the Nakugaon Port alive

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Bangladesh

WB report proves poverty rise info is fictitious: Hasan