In contemporary economic discourse, the GDP growth is often seen as a teleological objective. But this exclusive focus on ...

FEATURING: Ruth Hill, Lead Economist, Global Unit of the Poverty and Equity Global Practice, World Bank / Sonia Cifuentes, Colombian citizen benefited from a cash transfer program. Ruth Hill, a lead ...

Most poverty-fighting efforts focus on meeting basic material needs, such as food and shelter. But this overlooks the psychological and cultural factors that shape how people take action in their ...

HANOI, April 28, 2022—Poverty in Vietnam declined substantially between 2010 and 2020 amid strong economic growth, education gains, and shifts away from agriculture, although inequality increased ...

The Federal Government on Wednesday launched the National Poverty Intelligence Lab, a data-driven platform designed to ...

ALBANY — Gov. Kathy Hochul signed the Child Poverty Reduction Act three years ago, setting the ambitious target of cutting New York’s child poverty rates in half by 2032. On Wednesday, the advisory ...

This paper provides the first review of the adequacy of PRGT finances since the comprehensive reform of the Poverty Reduction and Growth Trust (PRGT) in July 2021. It describes the lending response to ...

Head of the National Assembly Office, Mr Bounchanh Sivongphan, speaks at a press briefing on Thursday ahead of the first Extraordinary Session of the 10th National Assembly Legislature.

THE provincial government of Isabela is betting on barangay-level planning to break the single-digit poverty barrier ...

The share of children in poverty fell by nearly half in 2021, thanks mainly to a one-year enhancement of the enhanced child tax credit, according to Census Bureau data released Tuesday. Some 5.2% of ...