Poverty and Development

Pandemic economic disruptions have crushed the dreams of millions of Indians.

More than one million people need emergency food and nutrition aid, with 14,000 already in ‘catastrophic conditions’.

The pandemic, mass shootings, rising obesity and mental health issues eroded Americans’ quality of life, a report finds.

A super athlete and a super mum, meet Precious Marange who works hard on and off the pitch to provide for her family.

Unrest was not a spontaneous uprising of the poor, but a targeted campaign to get political concessions from government.

Nobel Peace Prize winner to receive Olympic Laurel at Tokyo Games, the second time trophy has been awarded, says IOC.

US President Joe Biden’s proposal for a global minimum corporate tax is being discussed at the G20 meeting.

About 155 million people globally live at crisis levels of food insecurity, 20 million more than last year, report says.

Informal settlements have sprung up across the country amid Brazil’s ongoing COVID-19 crisis and its economic fallout.

The president of Haiti has been assassinated. What happened to Jovenel Moïse?

Interviews with 75 households in Uttar Pradesh villages show household incomes have slumped nearly 75 percent.

The country’s caretaker government is pleading for international help as the economic crisis worsens.

Ghana would be pioneering social bonds in Africa, seizing on an instrument that’s boomed since the COVID-19 pandemic.

World Bank estimates Nigeria’s soaring inflation and food prices pushed seven million more people into poverty in 2021.