THE World Bank Group (WBG) says nearly 700 million people worldwide live in extreme poverty with less than $2.15 per person per day. WBG says robots, AI and digital platforms are affecting the relationship between growth and jobs by creating new tasks, enhancing labour productivity and displacing workers. In a 2025 catalogue, WBG indicated that global poverty reduction had resumed, but at a pace slower than before the COVID-19 crisis. “The Poverty, Prosperity and Planet Report 2024 is the latest edition of the series formerly known as Poverty and Shared Prosperity. The report emphasizes that reducing poverty and increasing shared prosperity must be achieved in ways that do not come at unacceptably high costs to the environment. The current “polycrisis”—where...