We push governments to end abusive policies that contribute to poverty, and advocate respect for human rights that can help achieve the building blocks for a dignified life – such as affordable ...

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.

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 ...

It is therefore timely that Brazil has made fighting inequality, poverty and hunger a priority of its G20 presidency. With the right policies, we can still escape a low-growth, rising-inequality trap, ...

The report primarily analyses the latest government data around poverty for the year 2021/2022 – before much of the impact of the cost of living crisis was felt by many families. It is likely that the ...

Argentine President Javier Milei Monday boasted his administration's achievement of lowering poverty from 52.9% in the first semester of 2024 to 38.1% by the end of the year, compared to 41.7% at ...

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 ...

ISLAMABAD: A World Bank stu­dy says the General Sales Tax (GST) has the largest marginal contribution to the national poverty increase, while GST payments account for over 7 per cent of ...

Thailand can reduce income inequality by boosting workers' skills and improving education, according to the National Economic and Social Development Council (NESDC). Danucha Pichayanan, secretary ...