This budget is a full trillion dollars larger than the PPP’s own 2021 budget, and represents a fourfold increase over 2020’s budget, yet there was virtually no mention whatsoever of poverty in ...

Greater efforts needed to level up poorer regions like Barishal and Rangpur ...

The Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS), in its latest report, Household Income and Expenditure Survey (HIES) 2022, highlights that the headcount rate (HCR) of poverty in urban areas was 14.7 ...

These collaborative models highlight the potential for producer-led cooperatives to not only combat poverty but also empower women and build climate resilience in vulnerable regions. A final ...

for economic development and poverty alleviation on ensuing Ugadi | Photo Credit: RAO GN Public Private Partnership (PPP) projects in Andhra Pradesh will soon get a boost as the State government ...

Poverty in India is a complex and multifaceted issue influenced by a combination of historical, economic, social, and political factors. Several renowned economists and leaders have provided ...

Biosimilars can not only reduce patients' financial burdens, but also encourage more people to go for early diagnosis and ...

The World Bank’s new mission is to end extreme poverty and boost shared prosperity on a livable planet. The "Poverty, Prosperity, and Planet. Pathways Out of the Polycrisis" report evaluates progress ...

After a bilateral meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, US President Donald Trump dismissed any US intervention in the Bangladesh crisis, stating that the issue has been handled by India for ...

less developed economies become artificially larger and move closer to the PPP-based expenditures of rich economies. This is known as the Gerschenkron effect. For the uses of ICP PPPs, such as for ...

The idea of the poverty line dates back to 1963, when Mollie Orshansky, a statistician for the Social Security Administration, developed a method to measure how many families were unable to afford ...