Shocks caused by COVID-19: Addressing chronic poverty, its inter-generational transfer

Any health shock causes entry into poverty for most of those who suffer from it

The poverty quibble

Government claims a huge drop in poverty numbers but critical indicators—health, malnutrition and wages—continue to be grim. So how …

Neocolonial Raj has taken root in India

Inequality has been widening rapidly in the country since the 1990s

As told to Parliament (December 20, 2023): Improvement in malnutrition indicators for children in India

All that was discussed in the House through the day

Climate shocks to drive 13.5 million people in Africa’s Sahel into poverty by 2050

Sahelian countries need $33.16 billion for climate adaptation by 2030

Nigeria: Over 5 million more people will be pushed into poverty due to COVID-19

Climate-related shocks pose as an additional risk to households just above poverty line

COVID-19: UNHRC, WWF raise concerns about increasing inequalities due to pandemic

The world must aim clearly at a green, equitable and resilient recovery, they said

Climate change impact on agriculture: 50 million to be poor by 2030, says UN body

Rising displacement due to disasters fuelling more conflicts

Every third child in the world is poor: UN

Children are more prone to poverty than adults across the world

GDP obsession

If the growth rate is so great, why are the poor not getting a taste of it?

Overcoming poverty

The Bank and the pauper

Mind over matter

Winners all

This year's Nobel laureates

With its mouth wide open

The hunger syndrome

When hunger stalks, politics and bureaucracy only bring mayhem

New world

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The two Indias

The poor have not gained from India's economic growth, shows the UN human development report

India Poised A Times of India celebration

Biometric data to keep tap on beggars

Inspired by Marx

Unable to get food, Adivasi tea worker in north Bengal estate dies of starvation

Fact-finding team formed by independent labour organisations reveals the worker and his wife had no access to food under the public …

ICAR-CIRG signs MoU to transform India’s goat value chain

Agreement to increase goat productivity, provide advanced training in breeding and healthcare practises and foster sustainability  

World off-track to meet SDGs; global hunger back to 2005 levels, says UN secretary general

Halfway to 2030, a third of the goals have stalled or gone into reverse, emissions continue to rise & gender equality is 300 years away, says …

Burundi at 60 is the poorest country on the planet: a look at what went wrong

Co-opted administrative and economic bureaucracies have appropriated power and wealth by force, first for the benefit of a Tutsi and then of a …