A recent analysis by the U.N. children’s agency found that more than 500 million children in East Asia and Pacific countries ...

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In an exclusive interview with Asia Society, Professor Yunus discusses the importance of micro-credit for poverty alleviation in Bangladesh and elsewhere. Professor Yunus, could you please explain how ...

To tackle food insecurity in Asia, countries must innovate, collaborate with neighbours and leverage global platforms ...

The Macro Poverty Outlook (MPO) analyzes macroeconomic and poverty developments in 8 developing countries in South Asia. The report is released twice annually for the Spring and Annual Meetings of the ...

With over half of the population societally poor, Sub-Saharan Africa has substantially higher rates of societal poverty than other regions. In contrast, East Asia & Pacific has seen its societal ...

China claimed last year it had met its target of lifting all its people out of extreme poverty. President Xi Jinping heralded it as a “major victory” that the Chinese Communist Party had ...

The global community could slash poverty in Asia at the click of a finger. We have the numbers to prove it. With a global economic slow-down and potentially millions of foreign workers returning ...

A recent analysis by the U.N. children’s agency found that more than 500 million children in East Asia and Pacific countries ...