After several years in gestation, the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) recently launched Jamaica’s Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI), which is intended to provide a complementary measure to ...

By Juliet ETEFEThe Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) has called for expanded National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) coverage, ...

India has made strong progress in reducing poverty, with both income-based and non-monetary indicators showing steady improvement, according to the Economic Survey.

Ghana’s Statistical Service on Wednesday announced that the country’s multidimensional poverty rate has declined for a third consecutive quarter. The index measures deprivation across health, ...

Multidimensional poverty in the country has steadily declined from 23.9 per cent in the first quarter of 2025 to 21.9 per cent in the third quarter of 2025, a study by the Ghana Statistical Service ...

Western "poverty porn" narratives about India ignore the country's rapid poverty reduction and economic transformation.

Millions have gained access to safe drinking water and sanitation globally, as per the WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme report from 2025.

For quite some time now, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Cabinet colleagues like commerce minister Piyush Goyal and railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw have avoided mentioning challenges ...

Former Minister of State for Finance, Budget and National Planning, Clement Agba, on Wednesday, argued that the Federal ...

Bihar, India's most flood-prone state, faces a relentless cycle of poverty exacerbated by recurring floods. A comprehensive report by Megh Pyne Abhiyan highlights the severe economic impact on ...

Over 300,000 Ghanaians exited poverty in the third quarter of 2025, according to the latest figures released by the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS). This indicates that Ghana has made significant ...