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Rise in poverty is ‘a wake-up call for the world’, UN development chief says
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The number of people living in “multidimensional” poverty has risen for the first time in 15 years, reaching 1.2 billion, as families struggle to meet their basic needs.
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- 2026-10-12T12:00:00.000Z
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