ALBANY — Gov. Kathy Hochul signed the Child Poverty Reduction Act three years ago, setting the ambitious target of cutting New York’s child poverty rates in half by 2032. On Wednesday, the advisory ...

Indian Prime Minister Modi warns that wars and energy shocks risk undoing poverty gains, urging austerity and prudent ...

As a trailblazer in combating poverty, China has consistently shared its experiences and resources with other countries, ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Local officials and advocacy organizations expressed their support on Wednesday for recommendations from the state’s Child Poverty Reduction Advisory Council. The council’s goal is ...

While we know there is still more to do, the latest available data shows that we are making progress,” Social Development and ...

After three straight years of missing growth targets under President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., economists said the government is now facing steeper odds of meeting its poverty reduction goals by 2028. The ...

FEATURING: Ruth Hill, Lead Economist, Global Unit of the Poverty and Equity Global Practice, World Bank / Sonia Cifuentes, Colombian citizen benefited from a cash transfer program. Ruth Hill, a lead ...

Figure 4b: The poorest regions are furthest behind and contribute more to the Global Prosperity Gap relative to their population in 2024 Figure 5: Limited gains in the Global Gap due to a slowdown of ...

The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) has called on all local government units (LGUs) to accelerate the ...

This paper provides the first review of the adequacy of PRGT finances since the comprehensive reform of the Poverty Reduction and Growth Trust (PRGT) in July 2021. It describes the lending response to ...

Ghana’s efforts toward achieving Sustainable Development Goal One, ending poverty in all its forms, have received renewed ...