Leveraging national surveys, big-data advances and machine learning, Cornell researchers have piloted a new approach to ...

President Trump has proposed a sweeping set of tariffs. Does this mark the end of the post-war free trade world?

Nearly one in 11 people in the world and one in five people in Africa go hungry every day, a crisis primarily driven by chronic inequality, climate change, conflict and economic instability. At the ...

Historically, most human beings lived in extreme poverty, but the share has been plummeting — and in 2024 reached a new low of about 8.5 percent of the world’s people. Another way of looking ...

Oklahomans should look askance at anything that impedes their freedom to create and build their own businesses, including ...

DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — Billionaires' wealth grew three times faster in 2024 than the year before, a top anti-poverty group reported on Monday as some of the world's political and financial elite ...

The Trump administration's closing of the U.S. Agency for International Development could lead to an increase in humanitarian ...

World Day of Social Justice 2025 is celebrated every year on 20 February. Learn about its theme, history, and significance, ...

The World Bank cautions that a 2% GDP growth rate in South Africa is insufficient to significantly reduce poverty and ...

The World Bank raised its economic-growth forecast for South Africa because of a sustained recovery in its energy and ...