by Zach Dawes Jr | Dec 16, 2020 | News
School closings due to the COVID-19 pandemic are projected to increase learning poverty by 72 million children in low- to middle-income nations, according to a World Bank report published Dec. 2. This would represent a 10% increase from 2019, resulting in learning...
by EthicsDaily.com Staff | Mar 18, 2020 | News
By 2030, nearly two-thirds of the world’s poor will live in economies experiencing conflict, state fragility or both, according to a World Bank report published on Feb. 27. This is a dramatic shift from 2000, when most of the world’s poor lived in non-fragile...
by EthicsDaily.com Staff | Feb 13, 2020 | News
Nearly half of the world (44%) is now considered obese or overweight, and 4 million deaths each year are attributed to obesity, according to a World Bank report published Feb. 6. Obesity’s prevalence has increased threefold since 1975, rising in all nations and with...
by EthicsDaily.com Staff | Feb 7, 2020 | News
Economic opportunities for women around the world are hindered by deficiencies in rights, protections and opportunities that male counterparts enjoy, according to a World Bank report published Jan. 14. While women’s employment rights and prospects have improved...
by EthicsDaily.com Staff | Nov 14, 2019 | News
A majority of the children living in low- and middle-income nations are experiencing “learning poverty,” according to a World Bank report published Oct. 17. “Learning poverty means being unable to read and understand a simple text by age 10,” the report explained....
