L atest data released by the World Bank shows the tale of two countries - India and Pakistan - and their journey to battle poverty - a colonial inheritance. The comparison, especially over the ...

Beating the US and the UK, India has emerged as one of the ‘world’s most equal societies’ when it comes to income equality, ...

"The World Bank's prognostications are untethered to the data: investment in real business equipment surged by nearly 25% in Q1 of 2025; real disposable personal income grew by a robust 0.7% month ...

India's extreme poverty rate fell from 27.1% in 2012 to 5.3% in 2022, lifting 269 million out of poverty. In contrast, Pakistan's extreme poverty rose from 4.9% in 2017 to 16.5% in 2021, with ...