UN report says 1.1 billion people in acute poverty

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India was the country with the largest number of people in extreme poverty, which impacts 234 million of its 1.4 billion population, according to the report.
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Source: AFP

More than one billion people are living in acute poverty across the globe, a UN Development Program report said Thursday, with children accounting for over half of those affected.

The paper published with the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI) highlighted that poverty rates were three times higher in countries at war, as 2023 saw the most conflicts around the world…

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