Under a higher threshold, almost a fifth of China’s population would be considered to be living in poverty, World Bank estimates showed.

The Presidency has disputed the latest economic report by Nigeria’s biggest multilateral lender, the World Bank, which estimated that 139 million citizens were living in poverty, describing the figure ...

This brief provides a first global estimate of everyday indebtedness. It suggests that at least 33% of the world's population relies on borrowing to meet basic needs – a figure that is ...