When it comes to fixing the world’s worst problems, it’s easy to pretend that we’re helpless. We tell ourselves that global poverty is just too big, too distant, and too intractable an issue for us to ...

Data from the World Bank suggests that extreme poverty has declined dramatically over the past four decades, from 47% of the world's population in 1981 to around 10% today. This narrative is based on ...

Since 1990, the World Bank has reported estimates of the number of people worldwide that live in extreme poverty. This poverty standard is based on how the poorest countries in the world define ...