A new study by U.S.-based academics has found that ending global poverty could be “surprisingly affordable,” requiring about 0.3% — or $318 billion — of global gross domestic product (GDP) to reduce ...

When it comes to fixing the world’s worst problems, it’s easy to pretend that we’re helpless. We tell ourselves that global poverty is just too big, too distant, and too intractable an issue for us to ...

Despite a landmark year in philanthropy, Americans are not nearly as generous as they can be, argues Peter Singer, a Princeton University professor of bioethics, in the cover article of The New York ...

Posters featuring portraits of several world leaders line a road in Johannesburg, South Africa, on November 20, 2025, ahead of the G20 summit to be held there. Credit: AP foto/Themba Hadebe ...

An estimated 417 million children in low- and middle-income countries are living in extreme poverty. Millions of children in high-income countries are also suffering. And more children are at risk of ...

Discover how poverty traps create barriers to financial independence, what causes them, and explore practical solutions to break these cycles for economic growth.

On May 27, the 2026 Global Poverty Reduction and Development Forum was held in Beijing. At the forum's opening ceremony, the Global Partnership for Poverty Alleviation and Development was officially ...

Most of us in Nikenson Romage’s situation would have given up. His dad died when he was 3, and his mom — a food vendor — often couldn’t afford his school fees. So he got kicked out of school ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo., Jan. 27, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- As Poverty Awareness Month winds to a close, global nonprofit Children International is launching “Multiplying Good,” a podcast that highlights the ...

The left’s compassion has inflicted a terrible price on America’s poor. In 1964, former President Lyndon Johnson declared an “unconditional war on poverty.” He warned it “will not be a short or easy ...