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