The purpose of this study is to examine the impact of national savings on economic development, as measured by the Human Development Index (HDI), Inequality-adjusted HDI (iHDI), and Multidimensional ...

As a long-standing worldwide problem, poverty is closely related to political, economic and social development, which makes the sustainable development of society extremely challenging. According to ...

The capital of Malawi, one of the world’s poorest countries, runs on aid. A city built in the 1970s by the World Bank, Lilongwe’s straight streets are filled with charities, development agencies and ...

Generous anti-poverty programs may help narrow gaps in mental health and brain development between children living in low- versus high-income households, a new study finds. The analysis, published in ...

Illustration by The New York Times. Photograph by Getty Images. By Max Roser Graphics by Sara Chodosh Mr. Roser is the founder of Our World in Data and a professor at the University of Oxford’s ...

THE Presidential Commission for the Urban Poor (PCUP) and the Philippine Fiber Industry Development Authority (PhilFIDA) are set to sign a memorandum of agreement (MOA) that aims to create more ...

Three decades ago nearly 2bn people lived in absolute poverty (ie, virtual destitution). By 2018 that figure had fallen by more than half. There has perhaps been no greater human achievement. How did ...