As Nigeria battles with escalating number of people living in extreme poverty, policy and development experts are proffering solutions on how to tackle rural poverty. In this interview with Victor ...

The causes of rural poverty are complex and multidimensional. They involve, among other things, culture, climate, gender, markets, and public policy. Likewise, the rural poor are quite diverse both in ...

SAN DIEGO — A nonprofit that started here in San Diego, helping people on the other side of the world, has grown tremendously since its start in 1987. In fact, Village Enterprise is leading the ...

Poverty isn’t just a statistic, but a complicated web of challenges encountered by millions worldwide. Yet, it’s often ...

Ghana has reduced poverty to 21.9% in Q3 2025, with over 300,000 people escaping deprivation, according to a report released ...

Larry Bierl tragically froze to death in Amherst recently. It could just have easily happened in rural Western New York. Coverage of Larry’s death, and the related issue of how those experiencing ...

By Joshua Worlasi\xa0AMLANU & Juliet ETEFEMultidimensional poverty in the country declined to 21.9 percent in the third quarter of 2025, confirming steady national improvement in living ...

As China moves beyond the five-year transition period following its poverty alleviation success, preventing a return to ...

As the White House raises the costs of H-1B visas to an unprecedented $100,000, new research finds that rural and high-poverty communities rely the most on international physicians who get the permits ...