My most recent paper looks at the role of multinational corporations (multinationals) in benefiting from and perpetuating structural poverty in the global south. I argue that international law can ...

One hundred thousand extra pensioners could be in poverty by 2027 due to the government's decision to axe the winter fuel payment, according to modelling from the Department for Work and Pensions.

Researchers from Stockholm University, Bocconi University, and the Rockwool Foundation have studied poverty's lasting impact across generations in wealthy countries. By examining the United States ...

South Africa has been struggling for decades to reduce poverty, inequality and unemployment and raise the rate of economic growth. Economic growth has been slow since a recession in 2008.

The World Bank Group has set a clear mission: ending poverty and boosting shared prosperity on a livable planet. This report offers the first post-pandemic assessment of global progress toward these ...

Toronto had the highest poverty rate of any city or municipality in Canada with a population over 500,000 people in 2022, a new report says. The report, authored by national anti-poverty group ...

Period poverty refers to a scarcity of access to menstrual products, hygiene education, or adequate sanitation supplies. 1 Approximately 500 million women and girls experience period poverty globally ...

Make the choice to make a difference. Your gift is TRIPLED to help save lives and create a more equal world. While the war in Gaza continues, Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon have forced more than 1.4 ...

Tens of thousands more pensioners will fall into relative poverty next year as a result of Labour’s decision to means test the payment, worth up to £300, government estimates have shown.

A foreign correspondent witnessed how the worst of war and disaster can bring out the best in humanity.

According to Marie Curie, 35% of working age people who died in Bradford were in poverty. Former PM Gordon Brown hopes the Tees Valley Multibank will help "put a smile on every child's face".