More: Poverty
Syria Eyes Economic Rebound as Sanctions Ease and Refugees Return
Syria is emerging from a 14-year civil war and attempting to re-enter the global financial system following the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime last...
A Generation at Risk: The World Must Urgently Invest in Children’s Education
Authors: Nafisa Binte Shafique and Said Yasin*
Every morning, a child somewhere in the world wakes to a day shaped by choices they did not...
Can China’s Secret to Ending Poverty Work in Pakistan?
Poverty is perceived to be a plague that slices off the hands of a society, crippling the economy’s ability to grow while also exacerbating...
Migration through the Mediterranean: A Perilous Passage
The history of migration in Africa is deep-rooted and multifaceted, with significant dark chapters including the Atlantic slave trade and colonial labor movements which...
Sahel: Africa’s Most Crisis-Prone Region
The Sahel is the semi-arid region of Africa, that separates the Sahara Desert to the north and Savannas to the south and stretches from...
Poverty trap: some jobs are no protection against destitution
Many working people in Europe are at risk of economic hardship, prompting EU researchers to seek policy answers.
By Ali Jones
For Lineke Smit, poverty in...
A Call to Action: Addressing the Youth, Poverty, and Unemployment Crisis in Pakistan
Youth is one of the most crucial driving forces in a country’s internal and external development. They make up a large chunk of the...
Boosting Agriculture and Food System Resilience is Critical for Reducing Poverty in the Central African Republic
Reviving agriculture is critical to fostering economic growth and tackling widespread extreme poverty in the Central African Republic (CAR), says the World Bank’s first...
Ending Poverty is our First Global Goal, and We are Off Track
We are at a critical juncture today in the fight against poverty. Despite decades of hard-won development progress, a world free of poverty remains...
Breaking the Chains of Poverty – International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
The observance of the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, which is commemorated each year on the 17th of October, endeavors to foster...