Nigeria to track poverty, incomes as government seeks proof reforms are working

By Isaac Anyaogu LAGOS, July 16 (Reuters) - Nigeria plans to publish indicators tracking poverty, incomes and inequality as ...
Phys.org

Inequality destroys benefits of positive economic growth for the poor, South African district-level data reveals

A unique analysis of district-level data reveals why inequality is so destructive to the home consumption welfare of people living below the poverty line, especially during times of significant ...
EWN

Ramaphosa calls on South Africans to help end global poverty and inequality ahead of Mandela Day

The United Nations declared 18 July to be Nelson Mandela International Day in 2009 to inspire a global day of action to ...
Business Day

Nigeria to track poverty, income, inequality in new prosperity scorecard, Oyedele says

Nigeria will soon begin measuring the success of its economic reforms using a new scorecard tracking poverty, real incomes ...
Polity.org.zaOpinion

The power to tackle poverty and inequality is in our hands

Dear Fellow South African, On this Saturday, 18 July, South Africa will join the nations of the world in celebrating Nelson ...

Mandela Day must be a battle against poverty and inequality - Ramaphosa

President Cyril Ramaphosa urges South Africans to move beyond symbolic acts of charity this Mandela Day, advocating for a ...
Nature

Global Poverty Measurement and Economic Inequality

Global poverty measurement has evolved from a simple international poverty line to a diverse set of approaches that capture both monetary and non-monetary deprivations. The traditional dollar-a-day ...
Forbes

Poverty And Inequality In America Isn't An Age Issue. Class Is The Problem

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Teresa Ghilarducci Ph.D. is an Economics Professor. With the regularity of Halley’s comet, but more frequent occurrences, the ...
The Conversation

South Africa’s fight against extreme poverty needs a new strategy ‑ model shows how social grants could work

South Africa has been struggling for decades to reduce poverty, inequality and unemployment and raise the rate of economic growth. Economic growth has been slow since a recession in 2008. The annual ...
World Bank

Poverty and Shared Prosperity 2020

While important gains in reducing global poverty have been made steadily since 1998, the pace of this reduction had slowed considerably in recent years. It was becoming increasingly unrealistic to ...
The Conversation

A basic income support grant can address extreme poverty and inequality in South Africa ‑ economic model shows how

South Africa remains one of the most unequal countries in the world. The country’s per-capita expenditure Gini coefficient, a measure of how spending from income is distributed, stands at 0.65. This ...
World Bank

Opening remarks at the launch of the report, "Overcoming Poverty and Inequality in the Philippines"

Let me start by extending our warmest greetings to Secretary Arsi Balisacan, NEDA Secretary; to our distinguished panelists, to the Representatives from the private sector, civil society, the academe ...