Vietnam's HCM City takes lead in application of multi-dimensional poverty measures: UNDP
Despite China's rapid economic growth, a large number of China's rural residents are still sealed in poverty.
China will continue improving people's livelihood with necessary and timely support, especially for those with low incomes, according to the Central Economic Work Conference concluded on Thursday.
More than 2.5 million Australians, or one in seven (13.9 percent), are living below the internationally accepted poverty line, a report released on Monday revealed.
Approximately 2.2 billion people around the world are "poor or near-poor," a United Nations flagship report said on Thursday, calling for stronger collective global action in response to vulnerabilities in order to securing human development progress.
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) said in a report released Thursday that 1.6 billion people in Asia- Pacific are at risk of being pushed back into extreme poverty.
China will wage a war against poverty with a stronger resolve and prevent it from afflicting future generations, Premier Li Keqiang has said.
Chinese officials in poverty-stricken counties can stop worrying too much about regional GDP figures from now on, as the central authorities have moved to make poverty relief the priority for their work.
A study conducted by a social organization in Hong Kong noted that the government is not doing enough in poverty alleviation. Many low income citizens are still in desperate need to improve their livelihood.
A new report suggests a quarter of New Zealand's children are living in poverty and 10 percent are in severe poverty.
The Chinese government on Tuesday vowed to strengthen management of public funds used to ensure people's livelihood, such as poverty-relief funds.
A survey shows that 84.8% of the young people believe that the problem of youth poverty will continue to worsen in the next decade in Hong Kong.
Hong Kong plans to designate the city's first official poverty line by the end of this year, Chief Secretary Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor said on Friday, while attending a forum discussing business sector's role in the poverty alleviation.
With only two years to go big challenges remain for the Asia Pacific to meet the Millennium Development Goals.
The World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Saturday called for global efforts to end extreme poverty by 2030 and enhance prosperity sharing in different countries.
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