COVID-19 sets MENA back on poverty
Globally, poverty has been decreasing since the early 1990s, but a slowdown in the rate of decline in the Middle ...
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The impact of COVID-19 on poverty and inequality: Evidence from phone surveys
Photo: gorkhe1980/ShutterstockAs we approach the third year of the COVID-19 crisis, we deepen our understanding of the pandemic’s impact on ...
Understanding poverty and reversals in five charts on Niger
Natural hazards pose major challenges to Nigerien agriculture, and only a few households have effective coping mechanisms to deal with ...
Climate change and poverty: the perfect storm
We often hear that climate change disproportionately impacts the poor and the scenarios are worrisome. For example, climate change will ...
Pakistan floods: 9 million more risk being pushed into poverty, warns UNDP
“We estimate that up to around nine million people - additional people - could be pushed into poverty due to ...
Ukraine: Countries must support resilient recovery to prevent ‘cascade’ of poverty, hunger
António Guterres was addressing a one-day international summit in Paris, with leaders from around 50 nations reportedly in attendance, where ...
Poor diet, poverty fuelling malnutrition in Bauchi – Experts
… -day media dialogue on Exclusive breastfeeding held at the Crest Hotel … on the importance of exclusive breastfeeding by ...
How rising inflation in MENA impacts poverty
Ukraine and Russia supply key goods to the world economy: food products such as wheat, corn, and seed oils, and ...
Breaking the child poverty cycle – Michael Falzon
Both poverty and social exclusion can have a profound effect on children. Often, poverty in particular precludes them from good ...
Peru’s food crisis grows amid soaring prices and poverty: FAO |
Some 16.6 million people - more than half the population -- now find themselves without regular access to enough safe ...
