US far from achieving first SDG to end poverty
The country, which is likely to miss 12 of 17 goals under the 2030 agenda, may take another 40 years to eradicate poverty going by its current pace
Breaking the cycle of poverty: Financial freedom for tribal women
For tribal communities, financial freedom translates into financial literacy, with which comes the access to various government safety nets and rights
Will India officially be poverty free in 2023?
National Statistical Office rolling out consumption expenditure sample survey; may note impact of central schemes adding to people’s income
COVID-19: Over 500 million Africans may fall below extreme poverty line, warns report
Indicators such as fiscal deficits, rising debt and remittances are estimated to fall by 20% because of COVID-19 in Africa
How these five states in India are making it difficult to meet global SDG commitments
NITI Aayog CEO got it right, almost. Just five states are increasing the global challenge of meeting sustainable development goals
Making the rich pay more to care for the poor is common sense
The growing gap between the rich and the poor is a result of how governments form policy
How India remains poor: ‘It will take 7 generations for India’s poor to reach mean income’
World Economic Forum’s latest report says social inequality negates gains from high economic growth
Why people want to be poor
Crisis in Chhattisgarh over implementation of food security law has crucial lessons for India's public distribution system
Enable the poor
Book>> Challenging the injustice of poverty • by Rehman Sobhan • sage • Rs 699
After selling a minor girl to buy food, a prime ministerial visit, India’s face of poverty is drowned in debt
Phanas Punji’s next generations have the same level of poverty in what is called inter-generational chronic poverty
Hunger and Poverty in South Africa: The Hidden Faces of Food Insecurity
This book explores food insecurity as an issue of socioeconomic, political, cultural and environmental inequity and inequality.
Powering people
Proliferating grassroots level activity in Orissa is empowering villagers, taking them closer to a fairytale end to unending tales of poverty and …
Global democracy tilts at the axis
Are the "forces of freedom" in the West muscular enough to deepen democracy at the global level?
Forlorn in the USA
About 12 million American families last year couldn't afford to buy food. 32 per cent of them actually experienced someone going hungry at one …
Website review: http://www.inequality.org
The global divide in income, health and wealth has only widened further in this era of unregulated capitalism. And there are no signs of it being …
Gang leader for a day, a rogue sociologist crosses the line
Book>> Gang Leader For A Day, A Rogue Sociologist Crosses The line by Sudhir Venkatesh, Allen Lane London 2008
Quarter-billion people face extreme poverty in 2022 as the rich get richer: Oxfam
Inflation driven by Russia's invasion of Ukraine a major factors behind financial crisis
Brief history of a line
The official definition of poverty keeps changing. A look at how the concept evolved Illustrations: Sorit
India’s poverty eradication challenge
The post-MDGs target seems impossible as chronic poverty sets in. Now, more poor people are becoming chronically poor compared to earlier times. …
Comanagement of natural resources Local learning for poverty education
Book COMANAGEMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES LOCAL LEARNING FOR POVERTY REDUCTION *by Stephen R Tyler* International Development Research Centre
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 …
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
'Energy poverty hurts women'
Women's participation should be considered while making policy on access to energy and management, says an expert
Alternative care
Report>> Global health watch, an alternative world health report • by People’s Health Movement, Medact, Medico International and …
One goal, two roads
Non-governmental organisations are taking the government's proposal for cooperation in poverty alleviation with a healthy pinch of salt