Edu Lyra was restless when speaking to FORBES while walking under the stifling heat of a mid-December afternoon in São Paulo. The Brazilian social entrepreneur had just returned from a week in ...

Kennedy Odede knows what poverty is. He grew up in Kibera, the largest slum in the Kenyan capital Nairobi. It's a place ...

Western "poverty porn" narratives about India ignore the country's rapid poverty reduction and economic transformation.

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Children living in a slum in Argentina’s capital are playing cricket as part of an initiative to help them escape poverty and crime. Villa 21-24 in Buenos Aires is a ...

Today, Kenya joins the world in celebrating the World Habitat Day whose theme is; voices from the slums. While Kenya is ranked a middle income country, World Bank statistics show that 4 in every 10 ...

The project aims to map the whole world - eventually - and become a tool for better city planning as mayors decide which areas most need sewers, roads and other basics DAKAR, Oct 23 (Thomson Reuters ...

BIG ISSUE founder John Bird warned today that “poverty is destroying us” as he marked his 80th birthday.Lord Bird has been ...

Residents in Venezuela's Petare, one of Latin America’s largest slums, are struggling amid chronic shortages and economic ...

A photo taken March 5, 2019, shows Villa 31, a populous and marginalized neighborhood in Buenos Aires, Argentina. (Credit: Magali Druscovich/ Reuters via CNS.) Listen ROSARIO, Argentina – An estimated ...

For the richest country in history, poverty in America remains jarringly widespread. Taking government assistance into account, one in eight American adults was classified as poor on the eve of the ...