Substantial evidence from many countries shows that focusing on the needs and empowerment of women is one of the keys to human development. To understand poverty creation in rural areas and its ...

The World Bank’s Poverty and Shared Prosperity series provides the latest estimates and trends in global poverty and shared prosperity. The 2022 edition provides the first comprehensive look at the ...

a discussion group of poor men and women, Kenya The world looks different when viewed through the eyes of a poor person. In preparation for the World Development Report 2000/ 2001: Attacking Poverty, ...

The Brazilian presidency of the G20 has opened a rare opportunity to rescue some of the most relevant targets of the SDGs.

A map shows the places with the highest concentration of U.S. households without access to running water. Plumbing poverty is closely connected to other forms of poverty, such as inadequate housing.

The course gives an introduction to development economics with a particular emphasis on the study of poverty and inequality and how different development policies have an impact on these. important ...

and international sanctions the country currently stays as one of the most unequal and with highest poverty rates. According to a 2023 survey, around 82.4 percent of households live in poverty ...

These updates are important for Nigerians planning international travel in the coming years. Nigerian citizens can enter 27 countries without the need for a visa, allowing for easier travel across ...

Poverty is not only characterized by the poverty rate, which indicates a defined population's lack of money but can be determined by different ... a minority within the country, they were highly ...

An accurate world map is something that has evaded cartographers for centuries. But this new design just might make distorted maps a thing of the past. In a study released in the International Journal ...

Poverty affects millions of people around the world, shaping their daily lives in ways many of us can’t imagine. It’s more than just not having enough money. Poverty touches every part of a person’s ...

Relative and absolute poverty can be presented before and after housing costs (these include rent or mortgage interest, buildings insurance and water rates) and are presented after direct taxes and ...