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Society Scotland

9. April 2026

Child Poverty Declines as Social Support Measures Show Impact

Scotland has reduced child poverty rates, with the share of children living in poverty falling from 25% between 2020 and 2023 to 21% between 2022 and 2025.

Society

Society USA

3. March 2026

Innovation Fund Continues Global Development Work as Independent Nonprofit

In the United States, a former USAID innovation programme has relaunched as an independent nonprofit with $48 million in philanthropic backing, enabling its global development work to continue supporting solutions that improve lives.

Society

Society Ghana

25. February 2026

Poverty Falls as Hundreds of Thousands Gain Better Living Conditions

Ghana has reduced multidimensional poverty to 21.9% in 2025, with nearly one million people moving out of deprivation as access to services and living standards improved.

Society

Society Mexico

9. February 2026

Middle Class Surpasses Poverty for First Time

Mexico reached a historic turning point in 2024 as the number of people in the middle class exceeded those living in poverty for the first time on record.

Society

Society The World

5. February 2026

Extreme Poverty Begins to Fall Again in Most Countries

Global extreme poverty has been declining in most countries since 2021, marking a slow but broad recovery after pandemic-era reversals.

Society

Society The World

18. December 2025

We’re Getting Extreme Poverty Out of Children’s Way

Around the world, 95 million children have escaped extreme poverty since the start of the century — a powerful sign that decades of global investment in children’s health, education and protection are paying off.

Society

Society India

17. December 2025

Extreme Poverty Eradicated, Thanks to Locals

India’s Kerala state, home to 34 million people, has virtually eliminated extreme poverty by combining strong public services, targeted safety nets, and community-driven monitoring.

Environment

The IDAE policy aims to bring cheap electricity to households suffering from pobreza energética (fuel poverty) who cannot afford the upfront cost of installing panels.

Environment Spain

15. December 2025

Communities Lead a Clean Energy Revolution

In Spain, citizen-led energy cooperatives are transforming access to clean power, supplying affordable electricity to households and helping low-income families escape fuel poverty.

Society

Shpetim Draga, a young man from Shishtavec, Albania, in traditional Goran costume, walks with his wife and young son on a meadow full of daffodils. June 05 2022

Society Albania

12. November 2025

Women’s Participation Holds Key to Economic Prosperity

In Albania, steady economic growth has helped reduce poverty and boost employment, setting the stage for greater social progress.

Society

Group of Vietnamese schoolboys, South Vietnam

Society Vietnam

31. October 2025

Education Lifts Millions Out of Poverty

Vietnam has achieved one of the most remarkable poverty reductions in modern history — cutting extreme poverty from over 45% in the early 1990s to about 1% by 2022, largely through decades of sustained investment in education and rural development.