A significant portion of the global population lives in extreme poverty. While the numbers have declined in the last few decades, World Bank estimates show that about 1.3 billion people worldwide make less than $1.25 a day. While there's no magic bullet, a new study published in Science demonstrates that an all-of-the-above approach to poverty that involves everything from income to health care can improve the quality of life of the world's poorest.
The study, conducted by the research and policy non-profit Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA) and the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) at MIT, examines a method known as a the "Graduation model," first developed by BRAC, a large non-governmental development organization (NGO)...
Lifting people out of extreme poverty requires a comprehensive approach, study finds
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