The World Bank’s Poverty and Shared Prosperity series provide the latest estimates and trends in global poverty and shared prosperity. The 2022 edition takes the first comprehensive look at the ...

Jim Wallis is the author of "Faith Works" (Random House, 2000), the editor of Sojourners magazine and the convener of "Call to Renewal," a federation of churches and faith-based organizations ...

With one in eight Americans living in poverty, and inequality at record highs, the time for action is now. The report recommends that the United States set a goal of cutting poverty in half over ...

From Poverty To Prosperity. When Hurricane Katrina struck in Aug. 2005, “it revealed that in one of the nation’s proudest cities, racial and economic disparities were enormous.

How governments define realities, create prosperity or poverty. Story by Sunday Trust • 1w. Meanwhile, across the border, South Korean soldiers, keeping watch over the zone, ...

I spoke with Karen Dillon, co-author with Clayton Christensen and Efosa Ojomo, of The Prosperity Paradox: How Innovation Can Lift Nations out of Poverty, recently released. She says, “The idea ...

Grinding poverty was the norm for humanity until 1800. It changed with the rise of values like tolerance and respect for individual liberty. Skip to Main Content ...

Poverty, Prosperity and the Minimum Wage. Introduction. Protests by fast-food workers, like these in North Carolina in 2013, spurred the drive of minimum wage increases around the country.

‘The Prosperity Paradox’ Review: A Better Way to Fight Poverty The current foreign-development paradigm of government-funded programs should be replaced by an entrepreneurial model. By ...

The Poverty and Shared Prosperity series provides a global audience with the latest and most accurate estimates on trends in global poverty and shared prosperity. For more than two decades, extreme ...