Respect for human rights is closely intertwined with addressing poverty and extreme inequality. Human Rights Watch research exposes how people experiencing poverty are often more vulnerable to ...

This background note documents trends and the current situation regarding poverty and inequality in El Salvador. It compares these trends with those of other countries in the region, identifies ...

This course is available with permission to General Course students. This course is capped. This course aims to introduce students to the ways that social policy scholars understand and measure ...

The report analyses how fiscal policy was used in the first year of the pandemic to support the most vulnerable groups. It also sheds light on the impact of taxes, transfers, and subsidies on poverty ...

Have countries with IMF-supported programs reduced poverty and income inequality? This question is important not only in itself, but also because recent research suggests that inequality can hinder ...

With both extreme poverty and billionaire wealth on the rise, the pandemic’s effect on inequality may appear obvious. The reality is not as simple as you may think. Inequality is a notoriously ...

In 2022, the poverty and inequality research organisation 'Trust for London' worked out the following incomes (after housing costs) that different households living outside London required to ...

Kaplan, Robert S., George Serafeim, and Eduardo Tugendhat. "Inclusive Growth: Profitable Strategies for Tackling Poverty and Inequality." Harvard Business Review 96, no. 1 (January–February 2018): 127 ...

The main ethnic minorities in the UK have family backgrounds in Commonwealth countries ... people from ethnic minorities are more likely to live in poverty. Despite this, in Scotland people ...

In 2012 CEP researchers found that the National Minimum Wage had played an important role in reducing wage inequality at the bottom of the labour market, and that it had a particularly marked effect ...

When President Lyndon Johnson launched his War on Poverty in the 1960s, he pledged to eliminate poverty in America. But more than five decades, several welfare programs, and $25 trillion later ...

Our work is driven by rigorous, thorough, and objective investigations. The Poverty and Inequality program exposes policies and practices that concentrate wealth in private hands at the expense of ...