Page 8 - Poverty

Why the poor are leaning right

How support for left and right-leaning parties is changing in social composition

Parents lost to Covid-19, young lives fall vulnerable to exploitation

The pandemic has exacerbated the crisis for the most vulnerable sections, and children who have lost a parent or have been orphaned are among the worst hit

Malnutrition due to food inequalities costing world $13.6 tln annually

UN estimates indicate that the world's population may increase from around 7.8 billion now to almost 10 billion by 2050

Will provide food grains to needy without ration cards: Delhi govt to HC

The Delhi govt on Monday told the Delhi High Court that it has issued a notification with regard to providing food grains to needy people, like workers and domestic help, who do not have ration cards.

The great divide

After the epidemic, we will again cater to the interests of the privileged class and keep the underprivileged quiet with handouts

230 million Indians pushed into poverty amid Covid-19 pandemic: Report

As the pandemic and eventual lockdowns wreaked havoc on the economy and livelihoods, around 230 mn Indians have been pushed into poverty during the past year, showed a report by Azim Premji University

Covid attacks the poorest, disadvantaged the hardest, says Rahul Gandhi

Rahul Gandhi expressed deep concern over the second wave of Covid-19 pandemic hitting India and said that virus attacks the poorest and disadvantaged the hardest.

The absent voices of development economics

Development economics focuses on improving the well-being of billions of people in low-income countries, but the Global South is severely underrepresented in the field

Explained: How do the poor cope, struggle with road crashes in India?

More than 75% of poor households that were affected by a road traffic crash reported a decline in their income due to the incident

Bottom-of-the-pyramid once again in focus

The coronavirus pandemic-led economic shock just shrunk the lucrative middle class market by 32 million people, according to a recent report by the Pew Research Centre based on the World Bank data

Agenda for Stockholm+50

As we approach Stockholm+50, we are looking at an increasingly inequitable world; where poverty and marginalisation are growing

Poverty alleviation: Why India is not able do to what China has pulled off

What should concern India is not just its loss of economic momentum, but also the fact that it is not outpacing countries not even remotely like China in growth and development, writes T N Ninan

Xi Jinping claims complete victory in eradicating absolute poverty in China

President Xi Jinping on Thursday declared that China has achieved a "complete victory" in its fight against absolute poverty by lifting over 770 million people out of it in the last four decades

China's Xi claims complete victory in eradicating absolute poverty

President Xi Jinping declared that China has scored a "complete victory" in its fight against poverty

President Xi declares complete victory in eradicating poverty in China

Absolute poverty has been eradicated in the world''s most populous country, Xi announced while addressing a gathering held here to mark the country''s accomplishments

Labour codes: Reform 2.0

Economic reforms require expending political capital by the governments, as the benefits of reforms are spread thin and become apparent only with a time lag

Want to learn from China's development model to abolish poverty: Imran Khan

Khan said that Beijing had managed to prove that poverty alleviation is real development

Meet Nobel laureate Abhijit Banerjee, the mild-mannered sharp shooter

Banerjee tells Anjuli Bhargava he wants the world to have the right conversations before marching on in its battle against extreme poverty

Without clearing new farmland, two Earths' worth of people can be fed

By 2050-the year when a growing list of nations aim to have zeroed out their contributions to climate change-the UN projects the global population will be 9.7 billion

Covid-19 pandemic could push over 1 billion in extreme poverty by 2030: UN

The 'High Damage' scenario anticipates that 80 per cent of the Covid-induced economic crisis would persist in 10 years' time due to loss in productivity