Poverty remains a predominantly rural problem, said the report’s authors, who estimated that about 20% of urban children live in poverty. TheWorld Bank estimatesthat extreme poverty in Zimbabwe has risen over the past year, from 29% in 2018 to 34% in 2019, an increase from 4.7 to ...
In 2040, Japan, Singapore, Spain, and Switzerland had a forecasted life expectancy exceeding 85 years for both sexes, and 59 countries including China were projected to surpass a life expectancy of 80 years by 2040. At the same time, Central African Republic, Lesotho, Somalia, and Zimbabwe ...
Poverty does not only encompasses low income but also shortage of resources, limited ability to meet basic needs (including access to information), and a wide range of other dimensions of vulnerability [36]. Furthermore, place of residence may be another factor to affect socially disadvantaged ...
west and some province of the east are the most vulnerable to the Water 2021, 13, 1693 16 of 51 upcoming (2027) water resources deficit [303] while acute climate sensitivity is expressed with a hydrological water stress index (HWSI) of 33.5 and a reversed water poverty index (RWPI) of ...