The Network expresses particular concern about the “alarming” rate of child poverty in Spain, the highest in the EU, with 2.3 million poor children and adolescents. According to the report, poverty is ...

The novelist and critic Forrest Reid was born at 20 Mount Charles, Belfast, on June 24 1875 into an Ulster-Scots and ...

It can show palpable results in helping vulnerable people solve very practical problems. Banerjee and Duflo are at its center. They founded the organization in 2003 as the Poverty Action Lab, along ...

“Poverty breeds despair. Despair fuels unrest. And unrest tears at the fabric of societies,” said the UN chief, as he warned the Security Council that underdevelopment and inequality are ...

MANILA – The decline in poverty incidence is a testament to the Marcos administration’s efforts in giving Filipinos a more comfortable life, Malacañang said Friday. In a press briefing, Palace Press ...

Poverty isn’t going away Behind the encouraging figures lies another reality. While the overall indicator is improving, territorial inequalities are lagging behind. In 2024, almost three ...

What children in poverty could lose from the 'Big Beautiful Bill' By Cory Turner Published June 20, 2025 at 9:33 AM EDT Annie Otzen/Getty Images ...

The EITC is essentially an anti-poverty program in the form of a refundable tax credit that AEI's Kevin Corinth points out provides low-income, working families with extra help.

Republicans are also "making what is, in theory, a new higher credit much harder for families with children to actually receive," says Megan Curran, policy director with the Center on Poverty and ...