South Asia Faces Worst-Ever Recession, Tipping Millions Into Poverty
Millions of people in South Asia are being pushed into extreme poverty as the region, where a quarter of humanity lives, suffers its worst-ever …
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UNDP: Human Dev. Index to Decline for First Time Since 1990
… goals, particularly the efforts to eradicate poverty as the poverty rate rose to 72 percent from 55 percent ahead of the COVID-19 outbreak. The report …
China Uproots Ethnic Minority Villages in Anti-Poverty Fight
The ruling Communist Party has announced an official target of ending extreme poverty by the end of the year, ahead of the 100th anniversary of its …
Children Multidimensional Poverty Shows 15% Increase Due to COVID-19 Pandemic: UNICEF …
According to the report, the multidimensional poverty analysis uses data on access to education, healthcare, housing, nutrition, sanitation and water from …
Afghan Woman Loses Three Husbands To War
But his family’s poverty and a lack of opportunities led him to join the newly created Afghan Army in 2003. The following year, he was killed in a clash …
Afghanistan Facing Humanitarian Disaster Amid Pandemic, Continued Violence, US Watchdog Finds
Millions more Afghans are being pushed into poverty by the coronavirus pandemic, which has overwhelmed the war-wracked country’s basic …
Virus pushing millions more Afghans into poverty: US watchdog
The coronavirus is pushing millions more Afghans into poverty, overwhelming Afghanistan’s basic health care system, and exacerbating food …
As in Beijing, so in Kabul: Saving the Economy Amid COVID-19
Covid-19’s economic jolt has been felt most strongly in developing countries like Afghanistan, where extreme poverty, conflict, and complex politics …
Ministry Confirms 90% of Afghans Live Below Poverty Line
The Ministry of Economy on Monday confirmed that 90 percent of Afghans are living below the poverty line, which President Ashraf Ghani stated at a …
Afghan Govt Launches New COVID-19 Relief Package
Speaking on the occasion, President Ashraf Ghani said that 90 percent of the population in the country is living below the poverty line and that the new …
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