The charity claims 2153 billionaires had more wealth than 4.6 billion people in 2019.
Many called it the"breadbasket of Africa",but Zimbabwe fears it has famine in its future.
The Kiwi economy is close to full employment,with unemployment rates at an 11-year low of 3.9 per cent.
The woman who just won the Nobel Prize for economics says she has only one opinion:one should evaluate things."I’m never unhappy with the results. I haven’t yet seen a result I didn’t like.”
The Academy said the work of the three economists shows how poverty could be tackled by breaking it down into more precise questions in areas such as education and healthcare.
Poverty will"soon become a predominantly African problem"as other regions of the world make progress in poverty reduction,the lender says.
National health data shows how Australians are living longer lives and are far less likely to die of preventable causes than they once were. And things are improving globally too.
More than 2 billion people lack access to healthy food,putting them at risk of health problems,a new UN report says.
At a dusty border crossing known as Zero Point,tired teenagers make their way home after working to support their families.
Afghanistan in 2019 is a country of grim choices,and not just for those struggling daily to survive.
Doctors are fighting a losing battle with Afghanistan's poor,driven over the brink by drought,floods and war.