After growing up poor with just his single mom, Kent Bausman took deliberate steps to change his circumstances.

Highlights of this year’s book reviews and excerpts on topics including gun violence prevention, cash transfers, refugees, regenerative agriculture, adapting to climate change, reinventing solidarity, ...

Using nationally representative household consumption surveys from 23 countries that together account for 50% of the world’s poor, we estimate that reducing the poverty rate to 1% (from a baseline of ...

THERE are scholars whose influence can be measured by citations, and there are scholars whose influence is felt quietly and ...

India has produced a number of billionaire businesspeople. Learn more about India’s wealthiest entrepreneurs, their companies, and how they made their fortunes.

Discover how longitudinal data helps analyze financial trends, business risks, and economic changes with repeated observations of the same subjects over time.

Fresno State researchers analyzed the impact of the privately-funded a guaranteed basic income program, an anti-poverty ...

The University of Arizona hosted a community forum addressing food insecurity and health insurance concerns in Tucson. This ...

It's called the "graduation" approach — both financial and moral support to help people move from extreme poverty to ...

A program in southwest Uganda aims to address extreme poverty by giving people cash and coaching to help them build a sustainable income. But even the most established programs need to keep evolving.

A new study ranking America’s most relaxed cities placed San Jose at the top, finding that wealthy suburbs and tech hubs offer better mental health and lower stress.

Kerala, known for its exemplary record in social and human development, and for healthcare systems comparable to those of developed nations, achieved another milestone on its 69th formation day, on ...