Poverty Reduction

The first UN Sustainable Development Goal is to end poverty in all its forms everywhere.

An Indian student expresses her concern about global heating

In Kolkata and elsewhere, the ecological problems are already huge. The climate crisis is exacerbating poverty and inequality.

Pandemic side-effects

Two daily meals of porridge

Uganda’s poor are struggling with the Covid-19 lockdown

Education

A boost for women

A start-up school teaching work skills to women aims to narrow Guatemala’s gender gap

Legal action

Malawi judge blocks lockdown

Malawi’s Covid-19 lockdown has been suspended by legal action

Employment

The urgency of public works programmes

Labour-intensive public employment schemes build vital infrastructure and alleviate poverty at the same time

Pandemic response

Why lockdowns may prove deadly

Neglect of how the urban poor live, is making Covid-19 responses dangerous in many low-income countries

Development finance

Africa’s private sector needs support

In Covid-19 crisis, EDFI members can ease the plight of private-sector companies in low-income countries

Family planning

Fast population growth

Pakistan’s fertility rate is declining, but at a very slow rate

Blog

Covid-19 as seen by World Bank board member

Covid-19 crisis provides clues on how global governance must improve

Ageing and social protection

Africa’s demographic transition

For the care and social protection of Africa's aging population, governments must now take action

IDPs

Greater international commitment is needed

A study calls for a sharper international focus on the problem of internal displacement