World Social Report 2025
On 24th April 2025, the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA) released the World Social Report, 2025.
- The 2025 report is the first to be co-produced with the United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER).
- It serves as a background document for discussion and policy analysis of socio-economic matters at the intergovernmental level.
- It identifies emerging social trends of global concern and analyzes relationships among major development issues with international and national dimensions.
Key Highlights
Growing Economic Insecurity
- 60% of the global population faces economic insecurity.
- Over 690 million people still live in extreme poverty.
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