The African National Congress’s role is the culmination of the class function it performed during the transition from ...

People generally just don't get what poverty actually means. This is a charge often enough aimed at me and people like me, well off white guys who pontificate upon economics. But those making that ...

Steep prices rises, following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, meant hundreds of thousands more people fell into absolute poverty. The figure jumped to 12 million in 2022-2023, a rise of 600,000. This ...

Nicholas Kristof tells us today that there're millions of American children living in absolute poverty, akin to the peasant destitution that we see in Third World countries. This simply is not true.

One in ten Italians lives in absolute poverty, a record-breaking figure that shows no sign of decreasing. The number of people living in absolute poverty has risen steadily over the past decade, ...

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In 2016, for the first time in history, the portion of humanity living in extreme poverty was reduced to less than 10%. The world has set a goal of abolishing absolute poverty by 2030. Our panel of ...

Poverty is as misunderstood as any subject can be. At one level, it could mean no food, no clothes, bad health, and recognized inadequacy of shelters, amenities, and services.

According to data from Statistics Estonia, the proportion of people living in relative and absolute poverty in Estonia has decreased compared to 2022. However, perceived deprivation has increased. In ...

A new report says patronage, corruption, impunity, and over-emphasis on short-term security issues rather than targeted long-term development are exacerbating poverty in Afghanistan. The report by the ...

Ellu Saar, a distinguished sociology professor at the Institute of Social Sciences of Tallinn University, said that the Estonian social protection system has not done enough to alleviate poverty.

The energy price crisis caused the sharpest increase in UK absolute poverty in 30 years, new figures show. Steep prices rises, following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, meant hundreds of thousands more ...