#globalpoverty — Public Fediverse posts

Global Poverty Shifts: Africa, Children Bear Brunt of Extreme Poverty

The percentage of people living in extreme poverty in rural areas of sub-Saharan Africa increased dramatically from 33 percent in 2013 to 53 percent as of 2023.

Read full- https://www.economicsperspective.com/Africa-Child-extreme-poverty/

#poverty #childpoverty #africa #arficanews #subsaharanafrica #GlobalNews #breakingnews #internationalnews #worldnews #worldbank #worldbankreport #globalpoverty

A new poverty line shifted the World Bank's poverty data. What changed and why?

https://ourworldindata.org/new-international-poverty-line-3-dollars-per-day

#HackerNews #newpovertyline #WorldBank #povertydata #globalpoverty #economicchange #socialimpact

Paul Krugman reveals critical insights about U.S. trade policies under Trump and their dire effects on global poverty, especially in Bangladesh. As tariffs rise, he warns they could exacerbate economic struggles for poorer nations reliant on exports, ultimately harming U.S. consumers too. Explore how these trade wars affect livelihoods and regional stability. Read the full article for vital insights: https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/tariffs-and-poverty-around-the-world #PaulKrugman #TradeWar #Bangladesh #Tariffs #GlobalPoverty #Economics #Imports

Fruit&veg grown in Britain still often exploits #globalpoverty
"...supermarkets in the UK are a major part of the problem as they want to buy produce at the cheapest prices" #cheapfood #migrantworkers
https://aje.io/6tr23u

Oxfam expects the world’s first trillionaire within a decade and poverty to end in 229 years! The wealth of the world’s five richest men has more than doubled from 2020, as 4.8 billion people became poorer. #inequality #GlobalPoverty

https://www.ipsnews.net/2024/08/global-poverty-grows-super-rich-get-richer-faster/

Global Poverty is Preventable Genocide
with Thomas Pogge

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwRD74Ubtt4&ab_channel=MoneylessSociety

Is global poverty improving, or getting worse? In this episode we explore the true reality of the horror of deprivation and mass death from a lack of the basic necessities or generic drugs to cure medieval diseases-- from a lack of money.

Capitalist apologists claim poverty is decreasing, while the line is set at a measly $2 a day-- increase it by even 2 more and the number of people in extreme poverty explodes. 18 million people die every year, 20,000 CHILDREN every day, and 1 in 2 people lives on less than $5.50 a day.

To explore this topic we brought on one of if not THE greatest expert on global poverty, professor Thomas Pogge to counter the establishment narrative that everything is getting better, and work to eradicate poverty as we know it through systemic change.
#Poverty #Violence #Genocide #Preventable #Capitalism #Apologists #Reality #ThomasPogge #GlobalPoverty #Impoverishment #Expert

Unsurprisingly, here's one Oxfam report that hasn't been plastered over our headlines:

https://www.marxist.com/largest-increase-in-global-poverty-since-ww2-capitalists-profit-while-the-rest-of-us-suffer.htm

"Since 2020, the profits of billionaires have increased by $2.7 billion a day.

If you break down those figures, you find that for every new dollar of wealth earned by someone in the bottom 90 percent of society, a billionaire has earned $1.7 million."

#Marxism #Socialism #AntiCapitalism #AntiFascism #GlobalPoverty

A Reminder:

If the only way we can get ourselves to not commit crimes against humanity and violate human rights is by finding more profitable things to do that don't include that,

Then we haven't actually found a solution or fixed anything.

#ConflictMinerals #GlobalPoverty #etc.