“Inequality is bad for economic growth and bad for poverty reduction. In the past researchers were not able to exactly quantify the effect of inequality in the context of economic shocks. This graph ...

SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Latin American poverty levels in 2023 fell to a 33-year low, led by progress in Brazil, the United Nations' Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) said in ...

Stigma is a glue that holds poverty, inequality and economic insecurity in place enabling and exacerbating inequalities of wealth, health and opportunity, says a new report. Poverty Stigma is a ...

This article examines the dynamics of inequality, poverty and sustainable development of Delta State, Nigeria. A non-probability and probability sampling technique was adopted. Inequality was measured ...

Eleni Abraham Yitbarek is affiliated with Partnership for Economic Policy (Research Fellow) Kehinde Oluwaseun Omotoso is affiliated with DST/NRF SARChI Chair in Social Policy, College of Graduate ...

LET’S dismantle the tales.The Zimbabwean government’s constant invocation of the dream of becoming an “upper-middle-income economy” by 2030 has been presented as a promise of prosperity, dignity, and ...

JOHANNESBURGJOHANNESBURG — As 72-year-old Nonki Kunene walks through the corridors of Thabisang Primary School in Soweto, South Africa, she recalls the joy she and many others felt 30 years ago when ...

On the skydeck of the Superwoof Dog Hotel in Cape Town, South Africa, the guests are having a blast. Some splash about in a shallow plunge pool, while others chase after balls thrown by the hotel ...

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — As 72-year-old Nonki Kunene walks through the corridors of Thabisang Primary School in Soweto, South Africa, she recalls the joy she and many others felt 30 years ago when they ...