Figure 4b: The poorest regions are furthest behind and contribute more to the Global Prosperity Gap relative to their population in 2024 Figure 5: Limited gains in the Global Gap due to a slowdown of ...

After three straight years of missing growth targets under President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., economists said the government is now facing steeper odds of meeting its poverty reduction goals by 2028. The ...

ALBANY — Gov. Kathy Hochul signed the Child Poverty Reduction Act three years ago, setting the ambitious target of cutting New York’s child poverty rates in half by 2032. On Wednesday, the advisory ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Local officials and advocacy organizations expressed their support on Wednesday for recommendations from the state’s Child Poverty Reduction Advisory Council. The council’s goal is ...

Discover how poverty traps create barriers to financial independence, what causes them, and explore practical solutions to ...

The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) has called on all local government units (LGUs) to accelerate the ...

NEGROS OCCIDENTAL (PIA) — The National Anti-Poverty Commission (NAPC), through its Local Affairs Coordinating and Monitoring ...

FEATURING: Ruth Hill, Lead Economist, Global Unit of the Poverty and Equity Global Practice, World Bank / Sonia Cifuentes, Colombian citizen benefited from a cash transfer program. Ruth Hill, a lead ...

Deputy Prime Minister Ho Quoc Dung has signed Directive No. 19/CT-TTg dated May 12, 2026, issued by the Prime Minister on accelerating the implementation of the Ethnic Affairs Strategy through 2030, ...

This paper provides the first review of the adequacy of PRGT finances since the comprehensive reform of the Poverty Reduction and Growth Trust (PRGT) in July 2021. It describes the lending response to ...

The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) called on all local government units (LGUs) to accelerate the ...