The world has an ambitious goal to end extreme poverty by 2030. But, without good poverty data, it is impossible to know whether we are making progress, or whether programs and policies are reaching ...

During the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. government has pumped unprecedented amounts of financial relief to American households to stave off potential economic disaster. Photo Credit: Nickolay ...

The work supported by the Catholic Campaign for Human Development, the U.S. bishops' domestic anti-poverty campaign, "is empowering communities to build resilience and stand in solidarity with their ...

Throughout history, peoples have migrated from one place to another, prompted by different factors and using different means to reach their destinations. Migration has therefore long been a topic of ...

The SNP government is committed to tackling child poverty but debt collection by public bodies can be more aggressive than in the private sector and also unwittingly punish survivors of domestic abuse ...

Why is there so much poverty in the richest nation in the world? That’s the question acclaimed sociologist Matthew Desmond sets out to answer with Poverty, by America. The topic is a familiar one for ...

Recent literature has increasingly addressed the issues of fuel poverty and, more inclusively, energy poverty. At various institutional levels—particularly national governments—there has been a ...