Where has poverty gone?

Political polarization, the climate emergency, organized crime, migration, and low economic growth currently dominate the public debate in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), and rightly so. However, there is a significant structural challenge to human development and democracy itself that, along with inequalities, lies at the root of these

Record number of UK children in poverty

More children are living in poverty across the United Kingdom than ever before, according to official government figures released Thursday. Previous studies have shown that growing social inequalities in the G7 nation have hit children's health and rising numbers are forced to use food banks. An estimated 4.33 million children were living

Alleviating urban poverty through livelihood generation

In a bid to tackle the complexities of urban poverty, the Government of Bihar’s Rural Livelihoods Promotion Society (BRLPS) has launched Satat Jeevikoparjan Yojana Shahari (SJY Urban). The program will include a time-bound series of multifaceted interventions addressing food security, social inclusion, and sustainable economic livelihoods to enable participating households

“Adivasis drowning in abject poverty”

A rosy picture of national ethnic people dancing and singing adorned in traditional ethnic dress in most national events, cultural programmes on state-run television, Pahari (hill people) ethnic food festivals and recruitment in government jobs is not the true story of the life, livelihood and visibility of the Adivasis in

Inflation pushed 71m people into poverty since Ukraine war

A staggering 71 million more people around the world are experiencing poverty as a result of soaring food and energy prices that climbed in the weeks following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the United Nations Development Program said in a report Thursday. The UNDP estimates that 51.6 million more people fell into

S. Asian nations should work together to alleviate poverty: PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday said South Asian nations should work together to eliminate hunger and illiteracy for the wellbeing of the people of this region. She said this when newly-appointed Pakistani High Commissioner to Bangladesh Imran Ahmed Siddiqui met her at her official residence Ganobhaban. Prime Minister's Press Secretary Ihsanul

Rising poverty amid pandemic

The outbreak of coronavirus is a new experience for the people of this country. This global pandemic has hit the national economy very hard. The pace of remittances has slowed down. Export trade is stagnant. A large portion of the private sector has become unemployed after new investments have been