In September 2015, 193 member states of the United Nations adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and committed themselves to the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The SDGs are ...

Learn how to use the Poverty and Inequality Platform (PIP), the interactive computational tool that offers users quick access to the World Bank’s estimates of poverty, inequality, and shared ...

The global fight against extreme poverty has stalled for a second consecutive year, according to the 2025 Fordham Pope Francis Global Poverty Report, which tracks access to seven basic human needs ...

“Inequality is bad for economic growth and bad for poverty reduction. In the past researchers were not able to exactly quantify the effect of inequality in the context of economic shocks. This graph ...

Here are five surprising facts: * The U.S. welfare state has almost eliminated poverty in this country. * Over the last 75 years, income inequality has actually gone down, not up. * Since the end of ...

Zimbabwe and South Africa have signed a far-reaching social development agreement that places welfare, youth empowerment and ...

Eleni Abraham Yitbarek is affiliated with Partnership for Economic Policy (Research Fellow) Kehinde Oluwaseun Omotoso is affiliated with DST/NRF SARChI Chair in Social Policy, College of Graduate ...

Speaking in an interview on Voz do Brasil, in content published by Agência Gov, Dias said Brazil is moving toward "the lowest ...

Let me start by extending our warmest greetings to Secretary Arsi Balisacan, NEDA Secretary; to our distinguished panelists, to the Representatives from the private sector, civil society, the academe ...

The people of Karamoja and West Nile sub-regions have presented several demands to political leaders ahead of the 2026 general elections, focusing on inclusive growth, environmental stewardship, and ...