Poverty Reduction

Some powerful nations – especially China – do not fit into the dichotomy of a global north and south

Chittagong in Bangladesh is one of the ten fastest-sinking coastal cities in the world.

At the midway point to achieving the SDGs, the number of starving and extremely poor people is rising once again, civil-society organisations lament

Western governments tend to underestimate how shaky the world order looks to people in less fortunate countries

Smart family-planning policies support women’s rights and empower young people

High fertility correlates with poverty – and compounds it

African elites like to blame the rich nations for the climate crisis, but should reconsider their own attitudes too

Producing sal-leaf tableware is no longer only an informal micro-scale business in India

Residents of Malawi’s cities are afraid of robbery by street children

Fish stocks must replenish, but moratorium would be painful in the short term