The Latest Breaking News from Poverty

The presenter and footballer on growing up in poverty, suddenly being rich and how injury ended his football career

Prince Sebastian had not signed up to fight for Vladimir Putin’s army. All he wanted was to escape poverty at home.

Learn about the World Bank's focus on internal reforms to enhance efficiency and effectiveness in reducing poverty and promoting sustainable development.

Myanmar's poverty crisis worsens due to civil war and economic instability, risking irreversible impacts without urgent intervention.

Rising temperatures, dense urban populations and increasing poverty have contributed to more than a quarter of a million cases, and campaigners don’t think the government is doing enough about it

The Nordic model encompasses a strong welfare state, protection of workers through collective bargaining, good pension schemes and low levels of poverty. This system has gone hand-in-hand with a progressive approach to issues like gender equality and maternity or paternity leave. But the social model has come under pressure from…

Only 6% of Indian Americans lived along or below the poverty line as of 2022 in the United States. Half of the Asian Americans who lived in poverty said that their ‘American dream’ was out of reach.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday highlighted the promises made by the Congress party in its poll manifesto and said that they would remove the poverty from the country by transferring Rs 1 lakh into the account of one female from a poverty-stricken household, which comes out to Rs 8,500…

Legal battle ensues as Texas AG challenges Harris County's guaranteed income program, sparking political tensions over poverty relief initiatives.

The controversial two-child benefit cap has met with strong opposition since its introduction in 2017

Prof. Patnaik, who has taught at the JNU and is a Marxist, will deliver the second Ashok Rudra Memorial Lecture at the university, organised by its Department of Economics and Politics, and will speak on ‘Employment and Poverty Under Neo-Liberal Capitalism’.