In any functioning democracy, poverty should be treated as an economic and human challenge, not a political asset. Yet, in ...

A central puzzle that baffles many Nigerians today is how a nation so richly endowed with natural resources can remain trapped ...

More children in Arkansas are living in poverty. The child poverty rate rose 14% between 2022 and 2024. According to a report from the Annie E. Cases Foundation, that number could increase if tax ...

Missouri’s child poverty rate could climb sharply as pandemic-era supports and food assistance programs expire, according to a new report from the Annie E. Casey Foundation. Almost 15% of Missouri ...

Somerset Community Foundation has launched its annual Surviving Winter appeal, aiming to support 1,000 vulnerable older people across the county who are struggling to afford heating this winter.

The report called on world leaders to increase pandemic preparedness by investing in "social protection mechanisms" within ...

On the fortieth anniversary of the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, Outlook revisits the widows from Tilak Vihar colony who survived the ...

Is Nigeria a rich or poor country? Explore Nigeria's economic paradox: Africa's largest GDP yet 63% poverty rate, comparing wealth indicators across Africa.

Persistent poverty affects 19 of 24 Black Belt counties, with poverty rates increasing since the pandemic, while state rates ...

Thousands of South Sudanese refugees and impoverished locals in Uganda saw a brighter future with a new USAID-funded project.

Michoacán state Mayor Carlos Manzo, who called for a take-no-prisoners approach to Mexico's drug cartels, is slain while ...

The child element of Universal Credit is currently worth £292.81 per child per month for children born after April 2017. So for a family with four children, ditching the cap would bring in an extra ...