Minimum wage for South African farm workers: 2013 hike helped reduce poverty even though compliance was poor

Low minimum wage compliance was observed among the lowest paid workers — employers did not comply with the new minimum wage

More people in countries with low human development index suffer from climate-related disasters

Central America, the Caribbean, Eastern Africa, southern & eastern Asia have highest levels of impacts from climate-related disasters  

West Africa’s falling fish stocks: Illegal Chinese trawlers, climate change and artisanal fishing fleets to blame

Current west African coastal fishing crisis in the Gulf of Guinea is complex because it has multiple and reinforcing origins

Neocolonial Raj has taken root in India

Inequality has been widening rapidly in the country since the 1990s

Simply Put: Double U-turn

In rural West Bengal, debts mount and socioeconomic fabric collapses in absence of MGNREGS

Local economy hangs by a thread as residents desperately demand revival of the rural employment scheme

Simply Put: Upliftment of the poor

Children don’t even have energy to cry: Gaza Strip stares at famine as Israel blocks food access

Malnutrition in northern Gaza rose from 0.8% of children under 5 years before the conflict began to over 16% at present

Almost 50% of adult South Africans are overweight or obese. Poverty and poor nutrition are largely to blame

69% of obese adults from food insecure households where families had little dietary choices

Simply Put: Happy Halloween

Simply Put: Unreal gains

India lifted 271 mln people out of poverty in 10 yrs, claims govt report

The poverty estimates used to back the claims, however, are decade old

Child poverty a global concern

It is time poverty alleviation policies and programmes get child-centric, to lay a solid foundation for a future generation that is healthy and …

Simply Put: Balanced Growth

Simply Put: Lost childhood

Over 69 million children live in poverty in 40 of the world’s richest countries: UNICEF

Migration, race and ethnicity drives inequalities in child poverty risks in these countries, researchers find

Dying for ration: 70-year-old sustains family as mentally ill daughter, disabled son-in-law denied BPL benefits

Requests for below-poverty line card rejected

Progress in reducing poverty is unevenly distributed in Kenya, says World Bank

World Bank calls for inclusive growth strategy to pull millions of Kenyans from poverty

War-Pandemic: World is poorer now; will double its poverty level on the target year of eradication

Poverty is getting concentrated and chronic in sub-Saharan Africa and rural areas

Simply Put: Non-existent species

Simply Put: We the pharaohs

Simply Put: The wealth pyramid & the mummy

Simply Put: Flagging India’s housing problem

Simply Put: Unparliamentary in India

People working fewer hours due to Long COVID, as sick days increase dramatically: ILO report

Accommodation & food services, transportation & storage among sectors that saw substantial drops in mean hours worked