Methods commonly used to measure poverty can lead to vastly different conclusions about who actually lives in poverty, according to a new Stanford University–led study. Based on household surveys in ...

Methods commonly used to measure poverty can lead to vastly different conclusions about who actually lives in poverty, according to a new Stanford University-led study. Based on household surveys in ...

Ensuring that poverty-alleviation initiatives reach those most in need has been slow and difficult in most developing countries. But if governments make the most of existing data and systems, carry ...

Precise identification requires timely screening of populations vulnerable to falling back into poverty, ensuring early detection and early intervention. Dynamic management is central: all eligible ...

Leni Robredo was the 14th vice president of the Philippines, serving from 2016 to 2022. During her term, she reinvented the Office of the Vice President from a purely ceremonial one into an advocacy ...

I WROTE last week about the unending cycle of poverty, corruption and maleducation (PCM) which appears to be systematically perpetuated by the powers-that-be, primarily benefiting well-entrenched ...

Earlier this month, Sri Lankan President Anura Dissanayake and Prime Minister Harini Amarasuriya ceremoniously unveiled their government’s Prajashakthi (Community Power) policy, declaring it would ...