by Liz Theoharis and William D. Hartung With the return of Donald Trump to the White House, advocates for peace, social justice, racial and economic equality, fair immigration policies, climate…
Perhaps the most disturbing trend in the UK in recent times has been the increase in poverty and related distress. According to the UK Poverty 2024 Report, more than one…
About a month ago, on 15 October, the 2024 Global Hunger Index was released. India ranks 105out of 127 countries; with a score of27.3, India has a level of hunger that…
In "How China Escaped the Poverty Trap", Yuen Yuen Ang provides a compelling analysis of China’s rapid economic transformation over recent decades. Rather than focusing on specific policies or economic…
It was William Shakespeare who, in Troilus and Cressida, wrote, “One touch of nature makes the whole world kin.” And yet, in the polarized news cycle since Hurricane Helene ravaged the southeastern…
There are two things that have caught my attention over the last few weeks, one is a powerful submission on eradicating poverty beyond growth by the Special Rapporteur on extreme…
In this three part series, we take a look at the economic situation in the country, in early 2024, in the context of the claims being made by the Modi…
Alleviation of Poverty-I The present understanding of ‘education’ – both of the community and its leadership – is that of the model exemplified by the Aligarh Movement of Sir Syed…
A statement has been issued by the Global Call to Action Against Poverty – a global campaign to end inequalities and poverty on the International day for Eradication of Poverty…
In the lead up to the semi-annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank being held in Washington this week, the global aid agency Oxfam has…
Co-Written by Sandeep Pandey and Kushagra Kumar One of the writers of this article is reminded of an incident, when he was teaching at Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar which…
The world’s progress in eliminating poverty is set to suffer a major setback due to the coronavirus pandemic, forcing more people to survive on less than $1.90 per day, the…
As reported by The Times of India, according to a study published in the ‘Future Development’ blog of Brookings, Nigeria has overtaken India in terms of the highest number…
Any sensible government must learn to unleash the energy of its people and get them to perform instead of trying to get a bureaucracy to perform ―Verghese Kurien, I Too…
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