In 2016, for the first time in history, the portion of humanity living in extreme poverty was reduced to less than 10%. The world has set a goal of abolishing absolute poverty by 2030. Our panel of ...

China eradicated absolute poverty through carefully planned, phased and sustainable development policies tailored to local conditions, Deputy Director-General of the International Poverty Reduction ...

Kim Hak-Su the executive secretary of the United Nations Economic and Social Commision for the Asia and Pacific based in Bangkok. He is in Kathmandu this weekend to attend a regional conference on the ...

I suppose if you’re someone who thinks American capitalism has failed and unironically uses the phrase “late capitalism,” there’s probably no changing your mind. So I guess this post is meant for ...

Nigeria can draw valuable lessons from China’s poverty reduction experience by adapting its targeted interventions, infrastructure development, data-driven planning and accountability mechanisms to ...

Since the general problem of poverty in developing countries, particularly in the least developed countries, is related to political, economic and social marginalization, all efforts to eradicate ...

Two studies conducted by the Economic Policy Research Foundation of Turkey (TEPAV) have shed light on the deepening crisis of child poverty in the country. Accordingly, 7.03 million children aged 0-17 ...

ERADICATING POVERTY in all its forms is the first of the UN’s 17 development goals. It is also a priority for many countries. To succeed, multilateral organisations and national governments need good ...

We evaluate progress in the War on Poverty as President Lyndon B. Johnson defined it, which established a 20% baseline poverty rate and adopted an absolute standard. While the official poverty rate ...

This week, many Australians are holding their breath. On Sunday, we saw the end of the JobKeeper payment, with an estimated 150,000 people expected to now lose their jobs as a result. On Wednesday, ...

More than a million pensioners who were considered to be living in "absolute poverty" may no longer qualify for Winter Fuel Payments under Chancellor Rachel Reeves's planned changes to the allowance, ...

The Social Metrics Commission (SMC) annual report reveal a staggering increase in social inequality in the UK. In 2022/23, more than 16 million people, almost a quarter of the population (24 percent) ...