Future of Work

Extreme poverty has halved since 1990. Here's what's needed to defeat it entirely

Ndeye Astou Fall, 22, works at a call centre in Senegal's capital Dakar, June 23, 2006.

Governments around the world need to boost the number of quality jobs, a new report finds. Image: REUTERS/Finbarr O'Reilly

Rosamond Hutt
Senior Writer, Formative Content
Share:
Our Impact
The Big Picture
Explore and monitor how Future of Work is affecting economies, industries and global issues
A hand holding a looking glass by a lake
Crowdsource Innovation
Get involved with our crowdsourced digital platform to deliver impact at scale
Stay up to date:

Future of Work

 Working poverty rates total and by status, 2012
Image: ILO
The cost to end poverty
Image: ILO
 Poverty reduction in Africa lags other regions.
Image: World Bank
Don't miss any update on this topic

Create a free account and access your personalized content collection with our latest publications and analyses.

License and Republishing

World Economic Forum articles may be republished in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Public License, and in accordance with our Terms of Use.

The views expressed in this article are those of the author alone and not the World Economic Forum.

Share:
World Economic Forum logo
Global Agenda

The Agenda Weekly

A weekly update of the most important issues driving the global agenda

Subscribe today

You can unsubscribe at any time using the link in our emails. For more details, review our privacy policy.

Organizations need to be more transparent about their progress on racial justice

Richard Edelman

May 26, 2023

About Us

Events

Media

Partners & Members

  • Join Us

Language Editions

Privacy Policy & Terms of Service

© 2023 World Economic Forum