The Latest Breaking News from Poverty

As the World Economic Forum kicks off in Davos, the charity Oxfam has issued its annual report on wealth, poverty and inequality. It makes some bold assertions. But there are skeptics.

Report says combined fortunes of Gina Rinehart, Andrew Forrest and Harry Triguboff doubled between 2020 and 2023, while one in eight Australians live in poverty

African countries have become reliant on a few food items. Just 20 plant species now provide 90% of our food, with three – wheat, maize and rice – accounting for 60% of all calories consumed on the continent and globally. This deprives the continent of diverse food sources, at the…

Former Union Minister Chinta Mohan expresses confidence in Congress winning Andhra Pradesh elections and addressing issues of unemployment, poverty and law-and-order issues.

States with some of the highest rates of children living in poverty are rejecting bipartisan aid

A program aimed at helping remove families and infants in Flint, Michigan, from deep poverty will give $1,500 to women during mid-pregnancy and $500 each month throughout the first year after the birth

The YSR Congress Party (YRSCP) leaders heaped praises on Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy, saying that the vision of the Chief Minister to ensure welfare has helped reduce the poverty rate in the State from 12% to 6%. Participating in the party’s Samajika Sadhikara bus yatra on the 44th day in…

It has become an article of faith among many economists that China’s pro-market reforms of the 1980s and 1990s ushered in a sustained reduction in poverty.

A financial literacy programme was conducted for children from tribal and rural communities in H.D. Kote to empower them and help them make informed choices to break the cycle of poverty.

The government of India runs Indira Gandhi National Old Age Pension Scheme, and pays ₹2,000 per month to citizens above the age of 60 who are Below Poverty Line.

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