What World Bank Report Said On Rising Poverty In Pakistan The study suggests that, while moving forward, Pakistan should improve its domestic revenue mobilisation and public expenditure efficiency.

I am often mistaken for a political scientist, obviously because of my experience in election surveys, but actually I am an economist. My research is in democratic economics, meaning the economic well ...

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 ...

If we want to confront poverty in a meaningful way, we must reinforce the social and cultural foundations that support stability: strong families, clear norms, disciplined schools, and a culture that ...

a “spiral” is at work: poverty creates anxiety about paying the bills, anxiety knocks social confidence, which diminishes work prospects, and so ends up deepening poverty again. Occasionally, however, ...

Analysis - Africa faces challenges in reducing extreme poverty and inequality. In 2024, 8.5% of the global population was living in extreme poverty (that is, on less than US$2.15 a day). Nearly 67 ...

Government makes most things worse. President Lyndon B. Johnson launched a war on poverty; President Richard Nixon a war on drugs. Both had good intentions, but their "wars" do more harm than good.

Lyndon B. Johnson. Poverty rate: 14.8% Due to high poverty rates, Johnson began the War on Poverty in 1964, which included several programs and initiatives meant to address poverty from a handful ...

However, as of 2023, roughly 11.1% of children in Westchester live in poverty. That pales in comparison to New York State’s astounding 18% of children living in poverty and sits just below the ...

Human Rights Watch welcomes the opportunity to provide input to the UN Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights’ thematic report on “Welfare and Control: The Paternalism of ...