Simply Put: India's invisible poor

Simply Put: The poor's COVID-19 quandary

Bottomless pyramid: It takes only Rs 25,000 a month to be among India’s top 10% earners

What run-away food inflation is doing to inequality can be anybody’s guess 

India’s poverty reduction slowing down since a decade

The world finally has an assessment of India’s poverty level in absence of an official one for the last 10 years. It increases global …

COVID-19 has made the invisible visible

Migrants make economies tick and now with their return there are many questions about the future of work, of …

Simply Put: Double U-turn

Simply Put: Out of pocket expenditure

Simply Put: Mount Greed-more

Carbon footprint of richest in developing countries same as low earners in developed countries, shows report

There is an urgent need for developed countries and China to embrace sustainable lifestyles, authors note

Retired women in South Africa carry a huge burden of poverty

The number of retirees at risk of poverty is growing

World’s most extreme inequality increase in India

Governments poorer than private individuals now as world wealth gets concentrated among a few; a similar situation seen at peak of imperialism …

Africa’s poverty dip, a blip?

Extreme poverty decreased due to low food price, soon to be reversed due to high inflation  

One in every 3 southern African children are stunted: Report

Major drivers of malnutrition include lack of diversity and sub-optimal infant feeding practices prevailing in the region

Higher quality seeds can help beat Africa’s ‘hunger pandemic’

One useful intervention would be to organise farming communities — or seed producer groups — into business entities

India can’t have a piece-meal approach of fighting only food security or climate change

Any effective solution to mitigate climate change in India must take in to account poverty, inadequate food distribution and lack of basic shelter

MGNREGA graft: Social audit finds irregularities worth Rs 54 lakh in Rajasthan

Corruption was unearthed in 2022 after the workers from Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan in Barmer reported the issue to the Rajasthan government

A vocal for local verdict

PM Modi’s performance on the most important issues of unemployment, price rise and dipping income didn’t reflect the slogan he had …

Quarter of a billion people are facing acute hunger: Report

Key drivers of this crisis were economic shocks, conflicts & climate extremes

Simply Put: Dying for ration

World leaders must prioritise implementation of sustainable development goals

Thirty per cent of the SDGs are worse now than eight years ago

Poverty and inequality a threat to urban poor: UN report  

Multidimensionality of urban poverty and inequality should be at the centre of interventions to create an inclusive and equitable urban future …

Empty stomachs today, sick workshops tomorrow: The need for nutrition NOW

The world’s hunger clock has regressed back to 2015 when the global community had resolved to get good food to all plates by 2030

Air pollution slows economic growth, harms poor most: Report

Around 275 million people in extreme poverty globally exposed to hazardous PM 2.5 levels

Left behind: Energy poverty hampers development in sub-Saharan Africa

Forty countries have now more people without access to clean cooking fuel; 20 have more people living in the dark

Inflation can kill Africa human development, World Bank warns

Most poverty-struck rural households in Africa spend between 57 and 59 per cent of their income on food