Early each morning he would walk out and sketch a few new subjects every day before breakfast. He would add quick notes pencilled in shorthand, using the ‘Gurney’ system learnt from his father, a ...

WASHINGTON, Oct. 15, 2024 – At today’s feeble pace, it could take more than a century to eliminate poverty as it is defined for nearly half the world – people who live on less than $6.85 per day, ...

A Pulitzer Prize-winning sociologist offers a new explanation for an intractable problem. A mother and son living in a Walmart parking lot in North Dakota in 2012.Credit...Eugene Richards Supported by ...

One does not have to be a social scientist to recognize the plausibility of a new study in the journal Nature that found that poor kids with wealthier friends wind up better off themselves. “Wealthy ...

The World Bank Group has set a clear mission: ending poverty and boosting shared prosperity on a livable planet. This report offers the first post-pandemic assessment of global progress toward these ...