Methods commonly used to measure poverty can lead to vastly different conclusions about who actually lives in poverty, according to a new Stanford University–led study. Based on household surveys in ...

Ensuring that poverty-alleviation initiatives reach those most in need has been slow and difficult in most developing countries. But if governments make the most of existing data and systems, carry ...

United Nations experts have spoken of a persistent pattern of forced labor imposed by the Chinese state on Uyghurs, Tibetans, Kazakhs, and Kyrgyz in Xinjiang and other provinces. Under the guise of ...

In Bangladesh, programs targeting ultra-poor, rural households can help families escape extreme poverty. However, the programs may have the unintended consequence of reinforcing gender gaps, a new ...

Minister for Poverty Alleviation and Social Safety Syed Imran Ahmad Shah has announced to launch a poverty alleviation ...

SIR: President Bola Ahmed Tinubu‘s recent policy decisions regarding the distribution of funds for palliative measures and subsidy removal in Nigeria have ignited discussions and raised concerns among ...

Methods commonly used to measure poverty can lead to vastly different conclusions about who actually lives in poverty, according to a new Stanford University-led study. Based on household surveys in ...

The National Anti-Poverty Commission (NAPC) and the Philippine Information Agency (PIA) Region 12 signed a memorandum of ...