In a series of letters to each other, Robert Wade and Martin Wolf offer opposing answers to the question “Are global poverty and inequality getting worse?” Mr. Wade, a professor of political economy ...

Attorney Tina M. Patterson is an award-winning, premier legal authority whose work has been cited in the Georgetown Journal ...

International Day for the Eradication of Poverty focuses on recognizing poverty and finding ways to eliminate it. Commemorated annually on Oct. 17, this day brings together global communities ...

Today's hyperpartisan and frequently negative news cycle ignores one significant and uplifting story: the precipitous decline of global inequality. It's a subject that deserves our attention, for it ...

The global economy is still being shaped by two persistent problems: weak growth and inequality across the world. While each of these issues is difficult to address on its own, when they intersect, ...

Upon assuming the G20 presidency in December, South Africa chose “solidarity, equality, and sustainability” as its theme. Far from being an empty slogan, this vision ...

Learn how to use the Poverty and Inequality Platform (PIP), the interactive computational tool that offers users quick access to the World Bank’s estimates of poverty, inequality, and shared ...

In 2014, the French economist Thomas Piketty’s Capital in the Twenty-First Century became an international sensation, reshaping the inequality debate and launching its author into superstardom.

At the heart of humanity is the instinct to care for others, strengthen communities, and leave the world better than we found ...

The world has still not done enough to improve access to safe drinking water, the United Nations says in a new report - Copyright AFP/File AHMAD AL-BASHA The world ...

9 July 2019 - In his latest report on the progress towards meeting the targets of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals or SDGs, the UN chief António Guterres said that while a wealth of action had ...