If We Bring The Good Life To All, Will We Destroy The Planet?
A new study offers an intriguing way to calculate the answer.
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Why The Internet Loves And Hates Oxfam's Global Inequality Report
The annual report is intended for the rich and powerful who gather in Davos to talk about world poverty. And it causes the Twittersphere to flare up.
From Polio To Poverty To Sex Ed: 9 Predictions For 2018
We asked doctors, researchers and aid workers to look into the future. Here's what they foresee.
Nonprofit Expands To Include Program For Low-Income Mothers And Their Daughters
A new program starting in January will focus on helping low-income single mothers and their daughters break the cycle of poverty.
Want To Help Someone In A Poor Village? Give Them A Bus Ticket Out
Most aid to people in poor places tries to improve conditions where they live. But a growing body of research suggests that there may be a far more effective strategy.
U.N. Investigator On Extreme Poverty Issues A Grim Report — On The U.S.
He undertook his fact-finding mission with a series of questions: Are those in poverty able to live with dignity? And what does a government do to protect those who are most vulnerable?
The U.N. Looks At Extreme Poverty In The U.S., From Alabama To California
One sign of the poverty they're investigating — the recent (and surprising) reemergence of hookworm in Lowndes County, Ala.
What's The Meaning Of The World Bank's New Poverty Lines?
If you live on $1.90 a day or less, the World Bank says you are extremely poor. Two new poverty lines offer a way to measure poverty in middle income countries.
One Man's Quest To Feed A Hungry, Isolated California County
The harsh terrain lacks farmland. And the nearest large grocery store is 100 miles away with sometimes no way to get there. So more residents have come to rely on Jeff England's food bank delivery.
An Experiment Gives Cash Aid To The Poor. Is That Ethical?
In this study, thousands of people in some Kenyan villages get a monthly payment. But others in a comparison group get nothing.