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Debate Over $140,000 ‘Poverty Line’ Refocuses Attention on Outdated Metrics

Experts dismiss the $140,000 figure, urging modern poverty measures that reflect real costs.

Twin Reports Show Entrenched Informality Despite Job Gains: Peru at 72%, Region at 46.7%

Human Rights Day Prompts Latin America Stocktake, With Peru’s Social Gaps and Mexico’s Security Strain in Focus

Viral $140,000 ‘Poverty Line’ Claim Meets Sharp Pushback and Reopens Debate Over What Counts as Need

Viral $140,000 Poverty Line Claim Faces Intensifying Scrutiny From Economists

Korail Slum Blaze in Dhaka Destroys 1,500 Shanties, Displacing Thousands

Bay Area Poverty Surged in 2023 to 16.3%, With San Francisco Now Highest in Region

Large In-Person Survey Finds Most in Brazil’s Drug Trade Would Leave for Legal Work

Labour Poised to Scrap Two-Child Benefit Cap in Nov. 26 Budget

Sindh Survey Finds 1.6 Million Children Working, 800,000 in Hazardous Jobs

Labour Weighs Scrapping Two-Child Benefit Cap as New Analysis Urges Full Abolition

Courts Order SNAP Lifeline as South Florida Braces for Gaps in Benefits

Kerala Marks 69th Formation Day as CM Declares State ‘Extreme Poverty‑Free’

Charities, Celebrities and MPs Press UK to Set Binding Child Poverty Targets

World Bank Holds Pakistan’s FY26 Growth at 3% After Floods, Sees Conditional 3.4% in FY27

Rajeev Chandrasekhar Challenges Kerala’s Claim of Eradicating Extreme Poverty, Citing Union Schemes

Gen Z Uprisings Reshape Politics Across Asia, Africa and Latin America

Castilla-La Mancha Confronts Stark Poverty Data as Government Announces 120-Measure Plan

UN Report Finds Nearly 900 Million of the Poorest Exposed to Climate Hazards

UN Marks Poverty Day With Push to End Maltreatment of Families