For many people, being poor feels more like an identity or series of experiences than a measure of income. You may feel poor if you've overdrawn your account at the grocery store or spent nights ...

While over 90% of Filipinos can read and write, just 70% can comprehend what they read — with the disparity reaching its most ...

Two billion people globally suffer from moderate to severe food insecurity and widespread micronutrient deficiencies. This ...

The relative poverty definition - which is measured both before and after housing costs - refers to people living in households with income below 60% of the country's median average figure.

Of those living in poverty, over 800 million people live in extreme poverty, surviving on less than US $1.25 a day. Skip to main content Toggle navigation Welcome to the United Nations ...

An international conference held last week in Santiago de Chile by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (CEPAL) took a hard look at how poverty is defined in Latin America ...

Expanding the state's child tax credit would give low and moderate income families more disposable income and reduce poverty rates.