Although the number of people living in extreme poverty decreased to 5.1 million between 2009 and 2023, 10.8 million, almost ...

Despite two decades of efforts, poverty in South Africa remains a pressing challenge, as revealed by the latest Stats SA ...

South Africa has made steady progress in reducing poverty over the past 17 years, but the country’s children remain largely ...

WHO warns rising medical costs across Africa are pushing millions into poverty and worsening financial hardship for vulnerable households.

SAN DIEGO — A nonprofit that started here in San Diego, helping people on the other side of the world, has grown tremendously since its start in 1987. In fact, Village Enterprise is leading the ...

Mahatma Gandhi, a prominent figure in India’s struggle for independence, once said: “The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated.” This profound ...

As Nigeria battles with escalating number of people living in extreme poverty, policy and development experts are proffering solutions on how to tackle rural poverty. In this interview with Victor ...

The Economic Issues series aims to make available to a broad readership of nonspecialists some of the economic research being produced on topical issues by IMF staff. The series draws mainly from IMF ...

Explore the significant disparities between Stats SA's poverty statistics and the lived experiences of South Africans, ...

Can chickens change the world? Bill Gates thinks so. Billionaire philanthropist and Microsoft's co-founder Bill Gates speaks to the media, in front of a chicken coop set up on the 68th floor of the 4 ...