poverty

Stories from the ground highlighted the unmet needs of people who are vulnerable and who are left behind.

Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, Published online: 25 July 2026; doi:10.1057/s41599-026-08437-9 Targeted poverty alleviation and energy poverty in China’s rural households

The author reflects on Jeffrey Sachs, the U.N., and the need to redesign global institutions for a world shaped by climate change, poverty and geopolitical strain.

R. Gunal, LLB, Vels Institute of Science, Technology & Advanced Studies (VISTAS) Under the Guidance of G. Uma Maheswari, Assistant Professor, Department of Legal Studies, VISTAS, Chennai ABSTRACT Child labour in rural Tamil Nadu is deeply rooted in structural poverty, weak institutional support, and limited access to quality education. This article examines the multidimensional relationship b…

By Mark Shucksmith, Newcastle University; Jane Atterton, Scotland’s Rural College, and Jayne Glass, Uppsala University This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. In Britain, people imagine poverty as mainly an urban phenomenon. We think of poverty as rundown housing estates or tower blocks, far from the […]

A few weeks ago, Professor Seema Jayachandran from Northwestern University published an article in the New York Times in which she discussed the role of positive thinking and of believing in oneself for overcoming poverty. Jayachandran argues that there is “growing evidence that it can used as an anti-poverty strategy”, while also warning about placing […]

For the 45.3 million Americans who struggle to cover basic expenses, living in poverty is costly in terms of time, money, and cognition. Recent research by two of ideas42’s cofounders gives a name to the cognitive costs of poverty: a bandwidth tax, levied by the experience of scarcity. They find that lacking a key resource, […] The post Cut the Costs: Poverty Interrupted appeared first on ideas42…

via Real World Economics Blog -The U.S. poverty rate is now the third worst (above only Turkey and Mexico) among the developed nations tracked by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. -According to one recent survey, 28 percent of all U.S. households have at least one member that is looking for a full-time job. -1 out of every 5 children in the United States is now living in …

[Economic Policy Institute] President Lawrence Mishel [predicts] that, even using conservative forecasts for future job loss, the poverty rate for children could increase from an already high 18% -- where it stood in 2007 -- to more than 27% by next year. Poverty among African American children, currently at a staggering 34.5%, could reach 50% before the employment picture starts to turn around.