Poverty reduction

A new report highlights the urgent need for global action to address the unequal burden of climate-related hazards on people living in multidimensional poverty.

Poverty reduction

Current poverty measurements neglect an important aspect: adequate nutrition. A new method takes this aspect into account and arrives at significantly higher poverty figures.

Poverty reduction

Social protection plays a key role in countering climate change impact, but countries most affected by the climate crisis are the least prepared. Governments must do more to utilise universal social protection, this…

Poverty reduction

This new report sheds light on inequality and global corporate power. A more equal world is possible if governments effectively regulate and reimagine the private sector, it states.

Poverty reduction

Poverty reduction is achievable, the latest data of the Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) demonstrates. However, the lack of comprehensive data over the COVID-19 pandemic poses challenges in assessing immediate…

Poverty reduction

The lack of clean water and medicine as well as restrictions to trade and movement are threatening the livelihoods of rural populations, IFAD warns.

Poverty reduction

The drivers of fragility and conflict need to be tackled urgently in order to achieve the global poverty goals, a new report by the World Bank states.

Poverty reduction

National Multidimensional Poverty Indexes (MPIs) help to identify not only who is living in poverty, but how they experience poverty. This handbook provides detailed practical guidance on how to build a technically…

Poverty reduction

The Living Income Community of Practice is an international working group who jointly works towards a decent standard of living for smallholder farmers in global supply chains. During its annual workshop, co-hosted by…

Improving watershed conservation and household food security has been one of the major development challenges in the semi-arid areas of northern Ethiopia. The initial survey by ILRI’s Improving Productivity and Marketing…