Non-cash benefits bring many Americans above the poverty line — and our poverty statistics should reflect that.

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Uganda’s middle class, it seems, exists more in statistics than in lived reality, visible, yet fragile, and still battling ...

Africa’s paradox is obscene. A continent endowed with natural resources worth trillions of dollars remains ensnared in poverty. From sprawling communal lands to glittering diamond fields, Africans are ...

Using detailed surveys and machine learning computation, new research co-authored at UC Berkeley's Center for Effective Global Action finds that eradicating extreme poverty would be surprisingly ...

Around 13.3 million people, or 16.1% of the population, have income below at-risk-of-poverty threshold, according to Federal Statistical Office - Anadolu Ajansı ...

A CAPITALIST economy is characterized by continuous process and product innovations, which means that the basket of goods consumed by the people keeps changing over time. New goods are typically ...

Jamaicans who have a highly liberal outlook on life, many politicians included, tend to romanticise poverty, often excusing even criminal activities, arguing that the culprits are existing in deprived ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — In recognition of Poverty Awareness Month, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) announces a new campaign, Poverty Is Not a Line. The campaign seeks to reshape the narrative about ...

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Over the weekend, an article by a financial advisor named Michael Green made headlines in a number of prominent media sources. In this article, Green argues that the federal poverty line for a family ...