Press Releases / #poverty
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
1.1 billion people live in multidimensional poverty, nearly half live in conflict settings
A staggering 455 million of the world’s poor live in countries exposed to violent conflict, hindering and even reversing hard-won progress to reduce poverty, according to the latest update of …
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
Poverty is rising and inequality widening in Asia and the Pacific, new UN report reveals
More than 260 million people in the Asia-Pacific region could be pushed into poverty in the next decade …
International Labour Organization (ILO)
Social protection plays a key role in countering climate change impact
Governments must do more to utilise universal social protection to adapt to and mitigate the impact of climate …
International Labour Organization (ILO)
Global labour income share declines putting upward pressure on inequality
The widening gap between labour and capital income and the challenges facing young people in the job market …
All #poverty Press Releases
8 九月 2024
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
Asia-Pacific governments commit to collaborate on innovative solutions to bridge digital divide, drive sustainability
24 八月 2024
Food and Agriculture Organization
Healthy diets remain unaffordable for a third of the world’s population
26 五月 2024
18 三月 2024
United Nations Development Programme
Rich countries attain record human development, but half of the poorest have gone backwards: UNDP
21 二月 2024
Asian Development Bank (ADB)
Climate change impacts severely impede SDGs: ADB-UN report
16 二月 2024
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
New UN report: Along with gender, where people live key factor in determining levels of poverty, inequality in APAC
17 一月 2024
World Economic Forum
Top organisations unlock new investments to support world’s most vulnerable
24 十月 2023
Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
UN forum underscores need for collaborative action to ensure crisis resilient urban futures
13 七月 2023
United Nations Development Programme
25 countries halved multidimensional poverty within 15 years, but 1.1 billion remain poor
5 四月 2023
Asian Development Bank
ADB: Philippine economy to post robust growth in 2023, 2024 despite inflation pressures
19 十二月 2022
International Finance Corporation
IFC, Singapore’s Agrocorp partner to improve food security in Bangladesh
6 十二月 2022
International Association for Agricultural Sustainability
Agriculture and Halal literacy to the surface: Helping agriculture grow to new heights
14 九月 2022
Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) and Climate Action Network Southeast Asia (CANSEA)
'Just transition' pushed by experts, activists and sectors amid record floods, droughts in Asia
24 九月 2021
International Fund for Agricultural Development
IFAD calls on world leaders for small-scale farmers to receive decent wages
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