The history of capitalism, as portrayed in academia and among much of the media, is a sad story. It’s one of smokestacks, sweatshops, child labor, robber barons, social stratification and general ...

Vicki Escarra and Atul Tandon are the respective Global and U.S. Chief Executive Officers at Opportunity International, a dynamic social enterprise that provides financial services and other ...

Girls are brilliant, creative, powerful and strong. We are world change-makers. There are 600 million girls in the world today and nearly 4 billion women. Together, we make up almost half of the world ...

When discussing globalization, advocates of the free economy usually start by stressing the large number of people who have risen out of extreme poverty in the last three decades. This period of ...

How many poor people are there in the world and how many are there likely to be in 2015? To calculate the number of people in the world living in extreme poverty, we update the World Bank’s official ...

BEIJING--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Since the reform and opening-up, more than 770 million of China's rural population living below the poverty line have been raised out of poverty, accounting for more than 70 ...

The theme of the 2017 International Day for the Eradication of Poverty is: “Answering the Call of October 17 to end poverty: A path toward peaceful and inclusive societies”. This year marks the 25th ...

Highlighting the importance of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development to ensure a life of dignity for all, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres called for redoubling of efforts to ...

What is the International Poverty Line, and based on this measure, how many people are living in extreme poverty in the world? The International Poverty Line is set at $1.90 per person per day, using ...