Respect for human rights is closely intertwined with addressing poverty and extreme inequality. Human Rights Watch research exposes how people experiencing poverty are often more vulnerable to ...

It also sheds light on the impact of taxes, transfers, and subsidies on poverty and inequality in 94 countries before 2020, providing important new insights into the impacts of fiscal policy not only ...

When President Lyndon Johnson launched his War on Poverty in the 1960s, he pledged to eliminate poverty in America. But more than five decades, several welfare programs, and $25 trillion later ...

This course is capped. This course aims to introduce students to the ways that social policy scholars understand and measure poverty and inequality between groups and across an individual’s life ...

How do financial crises affect income distribution and the poor? A recent IMF study shows that poverty rises and, in some cases, so does inequality—underscoring the need for adequate and flexible ...

Sarah Saadoun is a senior researcher working on poverty and inequality at Human Rights Watch. She investigates the multilayered impact of economic policy reforms, poor governance, and moneyed ...

Have countries with IMF-supported programs reduced poverty and income inequality? This question is important not only in itself, but also because recent research suggests that inequality can hinder ...

A new World Bank report shows that poverty in Africa may be lower than current estimates suggest and no systematic increase in inequality, given the available data Challenges remain substantial: more ...

In 2022, the poverty and inequality research organisation 'Trust for London' worked out the following incomes (after housing costs) that different households living outside London required to ...

Kaplan, Robert S., George Serafeim, and Eduardo Tugendhat. "Inclusive Growth: Profitable Strategies for Tackling Poverty and Inequality." Harvard Business Review 96, no. 1 (January–February 2018): 127 ...

Meanwhile, the number of people experiencing poverty remains essentially unchanged from 1990. This growing inequality is no accident. For too long, corporations and an ultra-wealthy few have rigged ...