Respect for human rights is closely intertwined with addressing poverty and extreme inequality. Human Rights Watch research exposes how people experiencing poverty are often more vulnerable to ...

This paper offers four findings. First, rural poverty saw a modest decline despite the onset of COVID-19 in 2019–20 and fell as sharply in 2020–21 as it had in 2018–19. Second, urban poverty rose ...

Worsening economic inequality in Bermuda, fuelled by globalisation, financialisation and the absence of progressive taxation or social housing, has created a housing crisis that now affects ...

In contrast, in a society like Pakistan, the socio-political factors that affect women’s financial agency — such as economic inequality, social expectations, family pressures and access to ...

We investigate how the global economic system both drives inequality that undermines human rights and enables private actors to harm communities, workers, and the environment. Our work is driven ...

We discuss inequality among US neighborhoods and the roots of that inequality. We then explore the ways in which neighborhood environments may shape health, review the evidence about these effects ...

But the overarching objective is to boost incomes and improve the welfare of workers at the low end of the ladder, while also reducing inequality and promoting social inclusiveness. Critics counter ...

Ibram X. Kendi is a professor of history, director of the Antiracist Research & Policy Center at American University, and author of How to Be an Antiracist. To fix the original sin of racism ...

The latest trend in walking? The Japanese Interval Walking Training (IWT), which promises to burn more fat and lower your blood pressure. To find out more, I grabbed a comfy pair of sneakers ...

Twice a year, the Bank produces Poverty and Equity Briefs that highlight poverty, shared prosperity, and inequality trends in each country. Macro Poverty Outlooks, which analyze macroeconomic and ...