Poverty alleviation: what really makes a difference?Poverty alleviation: what really makes a difference? Self-employment also plays a key role in lifting families out of poverty.

Poverty headcount in Pakistan has risen to 44.7% as per updated poverty line for lower income countries, according to a recent World Bank report. This means 108 million people have been pushed ...

Amaravati: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu said that he will personally reach out to top leadership of India's top 100 companies to participate in his poverty alleviation ...

[SINGAPORE] US charity Compassion International on Thursday (Jun 26) launched in Singapore, with the aim of tackling child poverty in Asia. Singapore is Compassion’s newest fundraising country, as the ...

This is more than enough to eliminate annual poverty 22 times over at the World Bank’s highest poverty line of $8.30 a day. The wealth of just 3,000 billionaires has surged $6.5 trillion in real terms ...

Abstract Does poverty cause civil conflict? A considerable literature seeks to answer this question, yet concerns about reverse causality threaten the validity of extant conclusions.

Budgeting and money management are important skills to learn, and many people who learn them early in life follow the same financial habits as they grow up, even if they become fairly wealthy.

The World Bank Group aims to help Ghana sustain economic growth, surpass the goal of halving poverty by 2015, and maintain its middle income status.

Ahead of the upcoming Bihar elections, Jan Suraaj Party (JSP) founder Prashant Kishor has criticised the Centre for failing to deliver on issues such as employment, poverty alleviation, and ...