“Inequality is bad for economic growth and bad for poverty reduction. In the past researchers were not able to exactly quantify the effect of inequality in the context of economic shocks. This graph ...

The Poverty, Inequality and Human Development team conducts research across a wide range of topics that broadly covers issues related to improving the wellbeing of people, particularly less well-off ...

Hello! My name is Theo Wells-Spackman, and I joined VTDigger in July to cover wealth, poverty and economic inequality in Vermont. My position is made possible by Report for America and by VTDigger ...

Poverty has been shown to have a variety of psychological detriments to an individual. For example, it has been cited as a risk factor for mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders in children and ...

The biggest concerns that millennials have center on poverty and economic inequality, according to a new poll. The poll, conducted in April and May by the Center for Marketing and Opinion Research at ...

LET’S dismantle the tales.The Zimbabwean government’s constant invocation of the dream of becoming an “upper-middle-income economy” by 2030 has been presented as a promise of prosperity, dignity, and ...

Reducing poverty and economic inequality in the UK should be an “urgent public health necessity” as these are “toxic” to mental and physical health, a report warns. The Centre for Mental Health is ...

Daily, more people are realizing that the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. we were taught growing up represents only a ...

The government’s targeted welfare measures have significantly reduced poverty and improved income distribution, with the ...

“Dilexi te.” In English, “I have loved you.” That is the title of Pope Leo XIV’s first teaching, released last week. Now, Marketplace doesn’t often cover the minutiae and teachings of the Holy See.