Global Poverty

25/6/2026: A new report by the UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights highlights the transformative potential of national anti-poverty strategies that expand social protection. Evidence shows that the current economic growth model does not reliably reduce poverty and often deepens inequalities.

Source: Office of the UN High Commissioner on Human Rights

4/6/2026: A new Global Justice Report explores what a just distribution of socioeconomic and environmental resources could look like – both between and within countries – in a way that is compatible with planetary boundaries. It provides an alternative to climate breakdown, political extremism and economic tensions.

Source: International Environment Forum

9/4/2026: A fresh geopolitical shock is clouding sub-Saharan Africa’s development outlook. In addition to economic disruption, both foreign government investment and personal remittances from the Gulf region may be  impacted.

Source: Devex

7/4/2026: Kerala's achievements in reducing extreme poverty offer a compelling model for developing countries. Its experience reveals the inherent limits of growth-led poverty reduction, highlighting instead the importance of public action and collective engagement in addressing persistent poverty.

Source: East Asia Forum

19/1/2026: The collective wealth of billionaires last year surged by $2.5 trillion, almost equivalent to the total wealth held by the bottom half of humanity – 4.1 billion people. A new Oxfam report analyses how the super-rich are securing political power for their own gain and to the detriment of the rights and freedoms of people around the world.

Source: Oxfam International

20/11/2025: An Oxfam report estimates that the increase in the wealth of billionaires during the year ending October 2025 alone was more than enough to lift 3.8 billion people out of poverty. The South African presidency of the forthcoming G20 Summit has made tackling inequality a core theme.

Source: Oxfam International

26/8/2025: The latest annual report by the UN's Joint Monitoring Programme finds that 106 million people drink directly from untreated surface sources. The 2030 targets relating to the Sustainable Development Goals for water and sanitation appear increasingly out of reach.

Source: World Health Organization

30/7/2025: Africa is making progress on over two-thirds of the Sustainable Development Goals, but the pace remains far too slow to meet the 2030 targets. The continent faces an annual sustainable development financing gap of up to USD 762 billion. Social protection coverage remains alarmingly low, with only 19 percent of vulnerable populations benefiting from any form of safety net.

Source: Inter Press Service

14/7/2025: The UN’s annual Sustainable Development Goals report reveals that only 18 per cent of the Goals are on track to be met by 2030 while a similar percentage have gone backwards. Implementation is impeded by a $4 trillion funding shortfall and geopolitical tensions which are undermining multilateralism.

Source: UN News

25/6/2025: A new Oxfam report contrasts the growing wealth of the world's richest 1% with the largest cuts to foreign aid since records began. Oxfam calls on governments to band together in new coalitions to oppose extreme inequality

Source: Oxfam International