{
  "id": 19088701,
  "title": "Progress achieved, promise unfulfilled: Eradicating poverty in Asia-Pacific",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/09/progress-achieved-promise-unfulfilled-eradicating-poverty-in-asia",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-09T04:11:11.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Jakarta Post",
    "slug": "the-jakarta-post",
    "url": "https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/11/09/progress-achieved-promise-unfulfilled-eradicating-poverty-in-asia-pacific.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Eradicating poverty in the Asia-Pacific region remains a challenge despite significant progress over the past three decades. While extreme poverty has dramatically decreased from nearly half of the population in 1990 to just 4% in 2024, millions of people still struggle with multidimensional poverty and vulnerability. Factors such as climate change, population aging, digital transformation, and economic shocks have reshaped the nature of poverty and exposure to risks. However, there are numerous examples of successful interventions tailored to specific populations, such as universal health coverage in Thailand, Nepal's nutrition policy, China's targeted employment assistance, Malaysia's childcare and eldercare expansion, Mongolia's support for unpaid caregivers, and community-owned cooperatives across several countries. Despite these successes, 190 million people remain in extreme poverty, 500 million are multidimensionally poor, and 660 million are vulnerable to multidimensional poverty. Furthermore, hybrid poverty lines indicate that over 1.1 billion people live in poverty, with an additional 1.2 billion living just above the poverty line. To address these challenges, regional cooperation is crucial. Initiatives like the Leaving No One Behind Platform, Social Protection Online Toolbox, Risk and Resilience Platform, and SDG Gateway facilitate the translation of shared knowledge into nationally adapted policies. Additionally, the ESCAP Action Plan to Strengthen Regional Cooperation on Social Protection enables knowledge exchange and policy scaling. The private sector and civil society organizations also play a vital role through inclusive business models and community-based services. Your feedback and experiences are welcome to help improve our efforts to end poverty.",
  "summary": "Poverty in Asia and the Pacific concentrates among large rural households and in remote areas, among people with little or no education, among children, among informal workers and among women..",
  "key_points": [
    "Extreme poverty decreased from 50% in 1990 to 4% in 2024",
    "190 million still in extreme poverty, 660 million vulnerable",
    "Regional cooperation and private sector crucial for ending poverty"
  ],
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}