Investopedia / Daniel Fishel The federal poverty level (FPL) is an economic measure used to decide whether the income level of an individual or family qualifies them for certain federal benefits ...

Extreme weather events such as flooding, drought, wildfires, water scarcity and rise in sea levels driven by climate change ...

In today’s world of widespread poverty and unprecedented wealth, how about raising the wages of the most poorly-paid workers? This October, the World Bank reported that “8.5 percent of the global ...

Energy poverty is a global issue impacting families in both ... per capita gross domestic product on the planet. The technical definition of ‘energy poverty’ is when a household spends eight ...

Global inflation, which was running over 8 per cent two years ago, is expected to slow to an average of 2.7 per cent in 2025 and 2026, close to many central bank targets. The World Bank, comprising ...

Using data from the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative/UNDP Global Multidimensional Poverty Index, researchers have developed charts for 67 developing countries to illustrate these ...

Global inflation, which was running over 8% two years ago, is expected to slow to an average of 2.7% in 2025 and 2026, close to many central bank targets. The World Bank, comprising 189 member nations ...

The World Bank says that plodding pace of growth is “insufficient’’ to ease global poverty. The World Bank noted that growth has been decelerating for years in the developing world – from ...

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Oxfam takes a closer look at USAID, an agency that provides critical help to the world, and the impact of Trump’s aid freeze.

Are you preparing for UPSC CSE 2025? Here are questions from GS paper 2 for this week with essential points as the fodder for your answers. Do not miss points to ponder and answer in the comment box ...