The World Bank classification of low-income, middle-income, and high-income country groups, that uses gross national income per capita, shapes financing, research priorities, and political narratives.

Interestingly, states ranked at the top of that index often rank lower in social indices, raising questions about what fiscal ...

New data highlights gaps in health insurance, sanitation, and living standards despite progress in reducing income poverty. The Multidimensional Poverty Measure (MPM) seeks to understand poverty ...

Recent statistics reveal that KwaZulu-Natal now ranks first in South Africa for lower-bound poverty levels, with 49.6% of its population affected.

Tools like the multidimensional poverty index (MPI) that use methodologies, such as Alkire-Foster, emphasise analysing interconnected deprivations for policy relevance (D’Attoma and Matteucci 2024).

Uganda has made significant progress in reducing income poverty over the past three decades, yet multidimensional poverty remains widespread, affecting nearly one in four households, according to the ...

Junior Finance minister says the government, together with development partners, is developing targeted interventions to ...

The 2024 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) shows that corruption is a dangerous problem in every part of the world, but change for the better is happening in many countries. Research also reveals ...

This shift has drawn criticism from the Congress, non-BJP ruled states, and MGNREGA experts, who say it weakens the 100-day ...