Measuring poverty is the first step to delivering support, but it has long been a costly, time-intensive and contentious ...

Such thinking exposes a fundamental misunderstanding of poverty, one that disregards the economic reality of being a ...

At the time of Mr Dube’s visit in 1995 almost half of India’s population still lived below the international poverty line, ...

"There are poor people who have never touched a million. So many people in this country have told me that they have never ...

Political determination accompanied by comprehensive scientific plans, a holistic approach, and numerous strategies can help ...

In Indonesia, being poor feels like a punishment. From budget cuts to weak social protections, the government keeps pushing ...

Very few, if any, people want to be poor. But unfortunately there are quite a lot, if not a maddening abundance, of things ...

Development agencies should be careful about creating tensions between existing cultural norms and new concepts and ...

RICHARD BUERY JR., the chief executive of the anti-poverty group Robin Hood, on the rising number of residents living in poverty in New York City, where a quarter of people are unable to afford basic ...

Reverend William J. Barber II emphasized the importance of mobilizing and standing up to injustices in the face of political ...