The outcome represents a notable contribution to national poverty reduction efforts, particularly among vulnerable ...

We used to be trapped. And by “we,” I really do mean all of us. A few hundred years ago, the majority of the world lived in extreme poverty, and even in recent decades, people lucky enough to clear ...

Some say that if a person opposes social programs, like I do, he or she is selfish and has no regard for the less fortunate. While I am certainly selfish at times, I care about others a lot. In fact, ...

The paper examines the household asset dynamics in India as well as Indian rural States. The paper contributes to the empirical analysis of poverty trap by investigating the presence of one potential ...

IN nuclear-powered Pakistan nearly 40-50 per cent of the country’s 240 million people live below or around the poverty line, ...

'Graduation Packages', which combine conventional cash transfers with professional training, offer access to saving facilities and transfer of productive assets, and could be a potentially powerful ...

There has never been a better argument for Universal Health Coverage (UHC) than the devastating global impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. As widespread infectious disease outbreaks are increasing in ...

PABBO, Uganda — Ana quietly joined the line, her 2-year-old daughter, Margaret, in tow. She carefully placed her green and yellow plastic containers behind the hundreds of others, and then joined the ...

It's nature vs. nurture. One of the big debates of our time involves the causes of economic growth. Why is North America richer than South America? Why is Africa poor and Europe wealthy? Is it ...

Wonder Land: "Systemic racism" is a systemic forgetting of 55 years of urban policy failure. Image: Scott Heins/Getty Images Critics of the welfare state sometimes call it a “poverty trap,” and here’s ...