Colombian women chose fish farms over coca, Africa made income gains, and solar power is surging in Pakistan.

Africa’s economic performance is showing signs of improvement but remains vulnerable to global shocks, according to the 2025 Macroeconomic Performance and Outlook (MEO) report released by the African ...

This does not influence our opinions or our ratings, which are editorially independent. Mortgage rates have been expected to decline in 2025 as the U.S. economy slows, inflation cools and the ...

Poverty is a particularly acute problem for women of color. In 2021, Native American women had the highest official poverty rate, at 21.0 percent – three times the 7.0 percent poverty rate for white ...

Since the Taliban seized control of Afghanistan in 2021, the fundamentalist group has banned education for women and girls post-primary school. Women cannot go to parks, and beauty salons and ...

108 allegations of labour rights abuses linked to 80 international apparel brands were tracked over a four-month period in 2024 by the Business & Human Rights Resource Centre, a rate of almost one per ...

The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has stated that war, poverty, and over-exploitation of trees have led to widespread destruction of pistachio forests in Afghanistan. In a statement released ...

Damning findings by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation has revealed that over 14 million people are living rough in the UKCredit: Getty The average poverty rates in England (22%), Wales (21% ...

London has the second highest rate of poverty of any English region, with 2.2 million of its nine million people meeting the criteria, according to a new report from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation.

According to the Census Bureau's most recent data, the official poverty rate in 2023 was 11.1%. That translates to 36.8 million people in poverty. The federal poverty level is an economic measure ...

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