“Inequality is bad for economic growth and bad for poverty reduction. In the past researchers were not able to exactly quantify the effect of inequality in the context of economic shocks. This graph ...

University of California, Davis, experts are available for comment on a variety of aspects related to poverty and its affects. UC Davis facilities can accommodate live or recorded television and ISDN ...

Eleni Abraham Yitbarek is affiliated with Partnership for Economic Policy (Research Fellow) Kehinde Oluwaseun Omotoso is affiliated with DST/NRF SARChI Chair in Social Policy, College of Graduate ...

The Lao PDR’s fiscal system is currently not enabling the government to fulfil its policy commitments or maintain economic stability, reports released by the World Bank today said. While a high debt ...

Timely, accurate and robust data are critical to analyzing poverty and inequality within and across countries, and thereby ensuring development actions are targeted and effective in supporting the ...

Namibia’s new development strategy for 2025–2030 focuses on diversifying its resource-dependent economy by investing in infrastructure, skills development, and private sector growth. The plan aims to ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Josie Cox is a New York-based journalist covering business and gender. Jan 14, 2025, 09:10pm EST The research comes just ahead of ...

Several scholars have confirmed the role that the welfare state (WS) plays in reducing poverty, promoting equality and ensuring the common wellbeing. One of the limitations of the scholarship has been ...

The severe impact of the COVID-19 pandemic is clearly seen in the numbers: more than 3.1 million deaths and rising, 120 million people pushed into extreme poverty, and a massive global recession. As ...

Recent data showed that poverty in Pakistan has risen significantly in recent years. The national poverty rate increased to about 28.9 per cent in the fiscal year 2024–25, compared with 21.9 per cent ...