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The discovery of poverty as a national problem in the late 1950s and early ’60s redefined economic inequality from a description of relative material circumstances to a cultural issue deriving ...
The Poverty, Inequality, and Human Development Team of the World Bank Research Group conducts rigorous research across a wide range of topics. On the topic of inequality, the team has two main ...
It’s rare for the two measures to go in different directions — but recently they have. The poverty rate under the Official Poverty Measure grew from an estimated 10.5% to 11.6% of the population ...
Stigma is a glue that holds poverty, inequality and economic insecurity in place enabling and exacerbating inequalities of wealth, health and opportunity, says a new report.
The government must focus on improving development outcomes in the districts that have the lowest development indicators.
Poverty and inequality, more so in the context of a developing nation such as Bangladesh, are policy failures. When large segments of a population remain trapped in deprivation, the nation as a whole ...
The Gilded Age was a period of enormous wealth for some and extreme poverty for others.
The paradox here is that while consumption inequality seems to have eased, income-based inequality tells a different story.
Income inequality and poverty are falling, thanks to rising wages for workers in low-skill jobs. A lot of low-wage work is, in fact, becoming middle-wage work.
Human rights lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana, has lamented that President Bola Tinubu’s economic policies ...
A unique analysis of district-level data reveals why inequality is so destructive to the home consumption welfare of people living below the poverty line, especially during times of significant ...
Pope Francis met Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Wednesday and discussed a range of common concerns including peace, poverty, inequality and the environment, the Vatican said.