In Bangladesh, programs targeting ultra-poor, rural households can help families escape extreme poverty. However, the ...

Joseph Rowntree Foundation finds problem is ‘deeper and more damaging than at any point in the last 30 years’ ...

A Nepalese immigrant in his early 40s described the stress and uncertainty he felt during college about how to afford rent, food and tuition despite having a scholarship. A man of Hmong origin in his ...

Empirical research requires good data to complement statistical rigor in providing answers to global poverty questions. Poor data quality can lead to biases in causal inference, lower the probability ...

Poverty and indebtedness increase a person's risk of dying young, a pair of new studies say. People with poverty-level family income or increasing debt levels during early adulthood have higher odds ...

Around 1 in 5 children today are living in extreme poverty, according to new World Bank-UNICEF research. In 2024, an estimated 412 million children aged 17 or younger were residing in households ...

ORLANDO, Fla.— One in three adolescents who have visited a pediatric emergency department report difficulties in accessing menstruation products, according to research presented during the American ...

The Global Poverty Research Lab (GPRL) at Northwestern University is seeking undergraduates with a strong grasp of and interest in quantitative social science research to help build a comprehensive ...

Asian Americans are often portrayed as educationally and financially successful when compared with other racial or ethnic groups. However, Asian origin groups in the United States vary widely in their ...