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India defies global poverty trends amid World Bank's revised estimates
Updated : 1 year ago IST
While the World Bank's revision to global poverty estimates led to a global increase in the count of extreme poverty by 125 million, India emerged as a statistical outlier in a positive direction, according to the government's analysis.
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FM Sitharaman calls for timely debt restructuring to counter global debt c
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Sitharaman said this on the first day of the second G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors meeting held in Washington DC, which she co-chaired with Reserve Bank of India's Governor Shaktikanta Das.
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Estimation of poverty on Earth possible from space: Research
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Research led by the IIASA has come up with a method to estimate global poverty from space itself, using satellite images of Earth at night.
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Aid organization Oxfam condemns US embargo on Cuba
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Havana [Cuba], May 26 (ANI/Xinhua): The US embargo against Cuba affects the rights of women, adolescents and girls, Oxfam, a confederation of 20 independent charitable organizations focusing on global poverty alleviation, said Tuesday.
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Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflow turn up in dhoti, saree to receive Economi
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Stockholm [Sweden], Dec 11 (ANI): Indian American economist Abhijit Banerjee and his French-American wife Esther Duflo along with their colleague Michael Kremer received the 2019 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences on Tuesday for their work to alleviate global poverty that has helped million
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Indian-origin Prof Abhijit Banerjee, 2 others get Nobel Prize in Economics
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Stockholm [Sweden], Oct 14 (ANI): Indian-born economist Abhijit Banerjee, his French-American wife Esther Duflo and the US' Michael Kremer on Monday were awarded the Nobel Prize for Economic Sciences "for their experimental approach to alleviating global poverty."
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Gates Foundation's report calls for focus on health, education in poorest
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Seattle [United States], Sep 18 (NewsVoir): The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation today launched its second annual Goalkeepers Data Report, pointing to demographic trends that could stall unprecedented progress in reducing global poverty.
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