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The World Bank, with the financial support of Sweden, on April 4 launched a new comprehensive study, "Poverty and Distributional

Carlos Sabatino is a data science consultant in the Poverty and Equity Global Practice. His work focuses on improving the user experience of analytical portals,

RIWI Corp. , a global trend-tracking and prediction technology firm, reported its financial results for the year ended December 31, 2023. All figures are reported in U.S. dollars unless otherwise...

The London Stock Exchange approached £1trn in ETF assets in December, gathering £10.8bn in net flows for the month, according to data from LSEG Lipper.

As an investment theme, AI is largely through the prism of the Magnificent Seven stocks of Alphabet, Apple, Meta, Microsoft, NVIDIA, Amazon, and Tesla.

Equity funds took the largest share of sustainable inflows in the first nine months of 2023, bagging £9.6bn, according to data from LSEG Lipper.

Global Trends in Child Monetary Poverty According to International Poverty Lines, prepared by the World Bank Group and UNICEF, presents estimated trends in child poverty from 2013 to 2022, based on three international poverty lines: $2.15 (extreme poverty), $3.65 (lower middle income), and $6.85 (upper middle income). An estimated 333 million children globally – or 1 in 6 – live in extreme poverty bearing the brunt of stalled progress on extreme poverty reduction worldwide.

Global Trends in Child Monetary Poverty According to International Poverty Lines – which for the first time looks at trends in extreme child poverty – finds that, while the number of children living on less than US$2.15 a day decreased from 383 million to 333 million (or 13 per cent) between 2013 and 2022, the economic impact of COVID-19 led to three lost years of progress, or 30 million fewer children than projected in the absence of COVID-19-related disruptions.

333 million children globally survive on less than US$2.15 a day as new analysis reveals three lost years due to COVID-19

Money market funds took in €15.7bn in July, making them the best-selling asset type overall among European buyers last month.