What is Poverty? That was the title of my first essay at university back in 1988. We were expected to examine absolute ...

ROME (Reuters) - The number of people living in absolute and relative poverty in Italy jumped in 2012 with families in southern regions hit especially hard, a report showed on Wednesday, highlighting ...

Chinese President Xi Jinping reached a major milestone this week in his five-year long fight to end absolute poverty across the country – but it doesn’t appear that he’s celebrating yet. China was for ...