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 ...

In fragile states such as the Central African Republic, where conflict and institutional fragility severely constrain traditional data collection, mapping multidimensional vulnerability and potential ...

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.

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

The Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) has called for expanded National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) coverage, faster ...

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

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 ...

For decades, design followed a singular truth. Whether it was the insistence that “form follows function” or the later pivot toward “form follows emotion,” the industry tended to adhere to a simple ...

Over the last 50 years, the proportion of Americans living in poverty has remained virtually unchanged. In 2023, 11 percent of American’s lived below the poverty line. In 1973, that number was also 11 ...

WAR, W.Va.—Carolyn Owens was 9 years old when her family became one of the first in America to get food stamps. Her father could no longer work in the coal mines that pock the mountains here after an ...