Global poverty reduction has slowed to a near standstill, with 2020-2030 set to be a lost decade. Progress has stalled amid multiple crises and shocks, impacting low-income countries the hardest and ...

The Poverty and Equity Briefs (PEBs) highlight poverty, shared prosperity and inequality trends for over 100 developing countries. The briefs are released twice a year for the Spring and Annual ...

The United Nations Department of Global Communications (DGC) promotes global awareness and understanding of the work of the United Nations through its network of United Nations Information Centres ...

Eradicating extreme poverty globally, as outlined in the U.N. Millennium Development Goals, is achievable only if inequality and discrimination against women and girls is eradicated first. Faustine ...

Things… aren’t great in the world right now. If it feels like the world isn’t making the progress we need on climate change, equality, and poverty, that’s ...

Some truths are worth coming back to again and again. One of them is the observation by economists that there is fundamental trade-off between equality and efficiency. So in politics and government, ...

Each year Americans across the country take time to recognize and honor the work of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in his birth month of January. Sign up for our Daily eBlast to get coverage on Black ...

Bangladesh reduced poverty significantly between 2010 and 2022, lifting 34 million people out of poverty while improving living standards and access to essential services such as electricity, ...

For years, environmental researchers have been trying to understand if providing a decent living for everyone on Earth would be at odds with reaching our most ambitious climate goals. After all, ...

Grattan Institute began with contributions to its endowment of $15 million from each of the Federal and Victorian Governments, $4 million from BHP Billiton, and $1 million from NAB. In order to ...

As many as one in five Canadian households can be considered to be in energy poverty, according to researchers from McGill University. Energy poverty occurs when households cannot afford or access the ...