Two studies, Azim Premji University (2021) and Gupta et al (2021), reach the conclusion that COVID-19 led to a widespread increase in poverty.Two studies, Azim Premji University (2021) and Gupta et al ...

Under that metric, the poverty threshold for a couple with two children in a rental household in New York City is now $47,190. The study found that 58 percent of New Yorkers, ...

That's a question being debated in the rarefied air of Davos, Switzerland, as billionaires and less wealthy movers and shakers gather at the World Economic Forum to consider the global issues of ...

Videos showing an innocent Black middle schooler in central ... A 2017 study conducted by Georgetown University’s Center on Poverty and Inequality found that young Black girls are often ...

For example, the graph shows that Mozambique’s GDP per capita in 2024 was 1.72% lower than it could have been had COVID-19 not happened. A recent analysis by the International Monetary Fund suggests ...

As you can see in the graph above showing annual GDP growth in Mexico from 1980 to 2022, the Mexican economy has weathered many challenges over the years. In 2009, the GDP took a massive negative dip.

El Salvador faces a great opportunity to accelerate poverty reduction. Although poverty rates have declined significantly over the past two decades, extreme poverty remains a challenge: by 2023, ...

The Confederation of Latin American and Caribbean Religious (CLAR) held its fifth gathering on religious life, Nov. 22-24 in Argentina, with more than 1,000 participants.

How does poverty differ from economic inequality? Poverty is usually defined as not having the means to support basic nutrition, access to safe drinking water, shelter, education, and other needs.

The wealth and poverty of nations has been a preoccupation of economists since Adam Smith founded the discipline 250 years ago, when he wrote a book titled, The Wealth of Nations. This year's ...