In Uganda, where more than 40% of the population live in extreme poverty, many families live in homes with dirt floors ...

In a region too often consumed by the drums of war, particularly between nuclear-armed neighbours India and Pakistan, the ...

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UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights Olivier De Schutter said on Friday that Rwanda needs to better distribute its wealth to protect populations that are still living below the ...

Economic modelling suggests that a basic income grant for all individuals aged between 18 and 59 could significantly reduce poverty and inequality in South Africa.

Statement on Visit to the United Kingdom, by Professor Philip Alston, United Nations Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, London, November 16, 2018, p. 4-5; UN Committee on the ...

I now know that’s not true. There’s a funny moment when you realize that as an activist: The off-ramp out of extreme poverty is, ugh, commerce, it’s entrepreneurial capitalism. The statement ...

KIGALI (30 MAY 2025) – The UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, Olivier De Schutter, today praised Rwanda for its impressive progress in reducing poverty, but warned that much ...

Deputy Minister of Cooperatives Ferry Juliantono has expressed optimism that the program to establish 80 thousand Red and ...

While each country could boast about their military might and selective development and economic indicators, we still have a ...

Hunger is a common physiological phenomenon. It is measured by the prevalence of undernourishment i.e. an individual’s ...

This puts it among countries with the most unequal distribution of spending globally. Ending extreme poverty, unemployment and inequality requires economic growth that includes more people.