Poverty and Development

From ‘healthy’ growth to high-tech, China has outlined its economic goals and strategies for the next five years.

Laungi Bhuiya ignores taunts by villagers to dig a 3-km canal from nearby hills to bring water to his parched village.

Malnutrition in Yemen worsened in 2020 due to factors including coronavirus pandemic, global economic...

Some 97 million new jobs could be created, but the public and private sectors must do more to prepare...

Economic havoc wrought by the pandemic could push struggling Americans out of the banking system, watchdog group warns.

The collapse of Central America’s economies has pushed families deeper into poverty and reactivated regional migration.

The move could help poor countries as they battle the coronavirus pandemic and deal with its economic fallout.

China reportedly says it cannot commit to longer-term debt cuts, as poorer nations struggle to fund virus measures.

The UN’s World Food Programme says seven million people worldwide have already died from hunger this year.

Shares of Apple are leading the charge higher a day ahead of the iPhone maker’s launch event.

Brazil’s poor are struggling to cope as the government halves pandemic aid and food prices soar.

Failure to spend on health, tax the rich, and ensure worker’s rights has left people out in the cold, Oxfam chief says.

Rebound in asset prices after coronavirus crash has driven fortunes of the wealthiest to record levels, UBS and PwC say.

All countries face ‘the long ascent’ and risk leaving an entire generation behind, IMF’s Georgieva says.