Topic: poverty
COVID pandemic pushes 119-124 million people into extreme poverty worldwide: Report
A new report released by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) shows that cash assistance policies reduced the number of people into poverty list during the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Pandemic may have pushed 100 million into extreme poverty: World Bank
The World Bank has warned that the coronavirus pandemic may drive as many as 100 million people back into extreme poverty.
More people are going hungry: Annual study by United Nations
More people are going hungry, an annual study by the United Nations has found. Tens of millions have joined the ranks of the chronically undernourished over the past five years, and countries around the world continue to struggle with multiple forms of malnutrition.
If Kerala is really like Somalia, Who’s our Al-Shabaab? RSS?
Overall IMR in Gujarat is 36 (2013), slightly better than the national average of 40, but way behind Kerala's 12. IMR among the tribal population of Gujarat, based on 2005 figures, is 86, much much worse than Kerala's!
