Rich countries spent $174.3 billion in overseas development assistance in 2025, but according to Rural Senses, only 20% of aid practitioners had sufficient data to successfully deliver project goals. Here is information about how Rural Senses is promoting AI-driven humanitarian aid. Impact Measurement Rural Senses is working to address the aid data sufficiency gap. Its […]
For many young Pakistanis, moving from education to employment can be difficult. Nearly 67% of Pakistan’s population is under age 30, creating both an opportunity for economic growth and a need for more education, skills and employment pathways. An estimated 32 million young people in Pakistan are not in education, employment or training, according to […]
India faces one of the world’s most persistent food security challenges. About 9.8% of people in India experienced undernourishment in 2023-2025, while rising food costs continue to push a healthy diet further out of reach for millions of families. India has fought this crisis since the early 2000s, and the effort shows results: undernourishment fell […]
Mal comune, mezzo gaudio; an Italian phrase that encourages people to share a burden, making hardship easier to bear. The idea is relevant to poverty reduction in Italy and the government’s continuing efforts to address significant differences between regions and household types. In 2025, 22.6% of Italy’s population was at risk of poverty or social […]
Papua New Guinea has abundant natural resources, but many people still face barriers to stable employment and economic opportunity. The World Bank reports that the country’s economy grew by 5.6% in 2025, but formal employment per person has declined over time. Many people continue to depend on informal work and subsistence agriculture. Innovations in poverty […]
In 2020, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the World Bank launched the Read@Home initiative. As schools began closing, the Read@Home initiative allowed children to learn despite those barriers. By providing books and other learning materials into homes, students continued building foundational skills in reading and mathematics. Child Literacy in Eswatini In Eswatini, third […]
Poverty continues to challenge Malagasy youth, limiting access to education, health and nutrition services across the country’s rural regions. According to the World Food Programme, in Madagascar, more than 80% of the population lives on less than $2.15 per day, with 38.6% of children suffering from chronic malnutrition. A World Bank learning-poverty brief, using data […]
Three of the main diseases impacting Kenya are HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis (TB) and malaria. While these remain public health concerns, Kenya has made great strides in addressing them. HIV/AIDS As of 2026, roughly 1.5 million people in Kenya are living with HIV, making it one of the world’s largest HIV epidemics. However, HIV testing has improved […]
Women in Djibouti face barriers that can make it harder to find stable jobs and earn an income. Although Djibouti has laws supporting equal pay, there is not enough recent data to calculate a reliable direct gender wage gap. Instead, available data show differences in employment and informal work between women and men. These differences […]
Timor-Leste, a small island north of Australia and east of Indonesia, is one of the lowest-income countries in the Asia-Pacific. According to World Bank data, approximately 44% of the population lived on less than $3 per day in 2014. Food insecurity remains a key challenge for the people of Timor-Leste. A 2020 UNICEF report indicated […]
