Under the World Bank’s old definition of $2.15 per capita threshold for low income countries (LICs), 4.9pc of Pakistan’s ...

ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – The World Bank has updated its global poverty assessment criteria, pushing Pakistan’s poverty rate ...

The World Bank has revised the global income thresholds used to measure poverty, resulting in a big increase in Pakistan's poverty headcount, which now stands at 44.7%. However, experts caution that ...

"The revisions help position Pakistan’s poverty levels in a global ... However, because national poverty lines differ widely, the resulting poverty rates are not comparable internationally.

The World Bank has also updated the extreme poverty line from $2.15 to $3 per person per day. Because of the revision in the ...

These lines are based on 2021 purchasing power parity rates, as well as updated national poverty lines. For Pakistan, 16.5 per cent of the population lived below the $3 international poverty rate in ...

Pakistan is among the countries most vulnerable to climate change, with limited resources for adaptation, and extreme weather ...

The World Bank has revised the global poverty line, declaring 44.7% of Pakistan’s population as poor under a $4.20/day benchmark. Nearly 40 million Pakistanis now live in extreme poverty, earning less ...

Heat, smog and cold snaps have all caused schools to close early in Pakistan, leaving students falling behind on academics.

Pakistan became a primary trading partner of China for animal hides after the African Union banned the same in February last ...

The World Bank has released a new assessment of poverty in Pakistan, according to which the poverty rate in Pakistan has ...