In Mexico, one of the top concerns since the U.S. election is the possibility Trump will renegotiate or pull out of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), a move experts warn could be devastating for the country’s poor.
If Latin America is to gain more ground on the fight against poverty, children need better access to basic resources like running water and sanitation, according to newly released data from the World Bank.
Extreme poverty has declined worldwide while wealth inequality in many countries has increased, the World Bank reports, contending that these…
Without economic freedom from suppressive interference, economic growth does not necessarily mean less poverty or a higher quality of life, a recent…
How much does the average person from the world’s wealthiest countries know about global poverty? Survey says: not much. More…
Foreign aid is more important than ever, according to Oxfam. Simply growing the global economy will not end extreme poverty…
Poverty is increasingly concentrating in Africa, according to a London-based think tank. By 2030, if current trends continue, sub-Saharan Africa…
More than 60 organizations that make up the Citizen Action Against Poverty have accused the National Institute of Statistics and…
Panama opened the $5.4 billion expansion of its shipping canal Sunday, as thousands of onlookers celebrated the completion of the…
One in three Latin Americans who left poverty since 2003 – an estimated 25 million to 30 million women and…