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

Joel Kovel . Published by Zed Books . 2002 . Price: not stated

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

Another dismissal is possible

Food aid comes a cropper

Most in Asia-Pacific already in cities; expect 3.5 bln by 2015

Urban boom will be despite declines in Japan, China, Korea

A promising pathway

Rio+20, green economy and India

“Rich countries need to consume and produce less animal-source foods”

World Food Prize winner Lawrence Haddad on the impact of climate change on food systems

Collective efforts can combat challenges faced by ultra-poor in Jharkhand

The intersection of caste, gender & occupational identities impacts their lives

Africa’s energy poverty: Grid expansion, stronger financing, balancing renewable ambitions with gas solution for Nigeria

Nigerians unable to afford clean energy as prices soar and demand remains unmet

Simply Put: Ration denied

COVID-19: A generation interrupted

Children born today might be the next development challenge for the world

Half of Indians above 45 either undernourished or overweight: Health ministry study

In Chattisgarh, every third individual in the age group was malnourished 

Many more may fall into poverty trap and several may not escape it

Here’s how poverty, political myopia and ecological degradation are inter-related

Employed but poor

Poverty among employed people underscores the need for a new strategy on job creation