Poverty

The World Bank Group has a “historic opportunity” to help end extreme poverty within a generation, ministers said.  Read More »

India can lift another 400 million people out of poverty and keep those who escaped destitution from falling back, the World Bank's new strategy for India says. Read More »

On 12/12/12…12 people around the world shared their stories on how to rise from poverty. See what it took for these men and women to get ahead. Read More »