Ensuring that poverty-alleviation initiatives reach those most in need has been slow and difficult in most developing countries. But if governments make the most of existing data and systems, carry ...

Methods commonly used to measure poverty can lead to vastly different conclusions about who actually lives in poverty, according to a new Stanford University-led study. Based on household surveys in ...

Methods commonly used to measure poverty can lead to vastly different conclusions about who actually lives in poverty, according to a new Stanford University–led study. Based on household surveys in ...

Before the national government launched its “10,000 Second Chances” campaign for former rebels, Bohol had already quietly ...

Earlier this month, Sri Lankan President Anura Dissanayake and Prime Minister Harini Amarasuriya ceremoniously unveiled their government’s Prajashakthi (Community Power) policy, declaring it would ...

I WROTE last week about the unending cycle of poverty, corruption and maleducation (PCM) which appears to be systematically perpetuated by the powers-that-be, primarily benefiting well-entrenched ...