Women-led and women’s rights organizations are on the frontlines of today’s humanitarian crises—but many are at risk of disappearing. As global needs rise due to conflict, climate change, and displacement, deep cuts to foreign aid are threatening organizations that provide life-saving services for women and girls. In March 2025, UN …
China will allocate more funds to lift its rural population out of poverty this year, with efforts focused on making education more accessible for the poor, said a top poverty relief official. "Although pressured by the economic slowdown, poverty alleviation efforts should not be affected," said Fan Xiaojian, director of …
Bangladesh has been identified as one of the ‘star performers’ in the poverty reduction initiative globally as the world poverty is coming down rapidly. Some of the poorest people in the world are becoming significantly less poor, according to a groundbreaking academic study which has taken a new approach to …
Nepal has made the “fastest progress” in reducing multidimensional poverty, according to a study by Oxford University. The study conducted by Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI) showed the percentage of the poor in Nepal dropped by 4.1 percentage points per year between 2006 and 2011. Of the 22 …
The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council Tuesday approved a development project aimed at reducing poverty and accelerating growth in 14 northern districts through development of rural communication, infrastructures and expanding services to the people. The project titled ‘Northern Bangladesh Integrated Development Project’ will require Tk 2,706 crore. Japan …
“The project to ‘Alleviate Poverty and Malnutrition in Agro Biodiversity Hot Spots’ in Kolli Hills that is jointly implemented by the University of Alberta (UA), Canada, and M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation (MSSRF), India, has progressed well in achieving its goals. It will be scaled up to benefit people living in …
EU wants to rally member states to support development plan that commits to poverty reduction through sustainable growth The European commission on Wednesday called for merging the fight against poverty and environmental protection into a single framework for the future, casting itself as the "role model" for the world. The …
World Vision, a Christian relief, development and advocacy organization, dedicated to working with children, families and communities to overcome poverty and injustice, launched a one-year project in the Badulla district to alleviate poverty stricken children and families in the area. They had allocated 20 million rupees for the effort and …
Sri Lanka’s poverty index was 22.7 percent in 2002. Today it is only 8.9 percent. But on the other hand, under-weight child births have increased to 16 percent. Over 20 percent of schoolchildren suffer from malnutrition. This is the result of negative changes of lifestyle. However Divineguma will stop this, …
An anti-poverty project to transform the lives of ultra poor families has failed to make an impact and increase the net income of the targeted families in Medak district in the State at the end of four years. The project sponsored by the World Bank and the Ford Foundation was …
The Union government’s direct cash transfer scheme linked to the Unique Identification (UID) number was launched with much fanfare in January with pilots in five districts of Rajasthan. The government believes this initiative is a game changer, which will successfully plug leakages in delivering entitlements to the poor and pluck …
The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) has sanctioned a new project for development of villages through value addition in animal husbandry and innovations in agricultural practices in Bharatpur district. The emphasis will be on getting high returns on low investment. Launching the project at Sheorana village in …
Exercises to identify households living below the poverty line have taken place three times, and a fourth one is under way. Though the latest method aims to improve upon previous methods, its empirical implications and precise justification are not yet clear. This paper empirically examines the Socio-Economic Caste Census methodology …
Rural development minister Jairam Ramesh on Friday pitched for inclusion of green objectives and guidelines in the various social sector schemes of the rural development ministry like the flagship Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Scheme, Integrated Watershed Development Programme and Indira Awas Yojana. “With an annual budget of around R75,000 …
Other than in China, where the reduction in poverty has been spectacular, progress in poverty reduction in the world during the past three decades has been modest. This slow progress and the decline in infl uence of the Washington Consensus has prompted new thinking on poverty and its reduction.
Initially two lakh Delhi families to be paid Rs. 600 per month United Progressive Alliance chairperson Sonia Gandhi has been urged by Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit to inaugurate the Dilli Annashree Yojana food security scheme under which initially about two lakh families would be paid a sum of Rs. …
New Delhi/Bhubaneswar: The Supreme Court on Thursday favoured establishment of special fast track courts to handle cases linked to various scams in implementation of the rural job guarantee scheme under MNREGA in different states. A bench of justices Swatanter Kumar and Madan B Lokur said such courts are operating in …
Senior BJP leader L K Advani has praised the UPA government’s flagship programme, the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), for empowering villagers and reviving economic growth. During an address at the 67th session of the UN General Assembly on Tuesday, Advani said MGNREGS is the world’s “largest …
UNITED NATIONS, 10 OCT: While the Opposition is going hammer and tongues at the UPA government over various issues, BJP leader LK Advani complimented its flagship programme, MGNREGA, which he said has helped empower rural people and revive economic growth. “This programme has helped break down social inequalities, empower rural …
Pakistan Institute of Development Economics (PIDE) in its latest viewpoint series titled, “Rural Poverty Dynamics in Pakistan” has noted that about half of the rural population in the country experienced poverty during the last decade. PIDE launched this report on the occasion of signing ceremony of Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) …
Fazilka and Moga emerged at top in providing maximum number of jobs under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) while Ludhiana followed closely by completing the target in mid-September. “From April 1 to September 18, we got 57,384 job cards made, out of which, 10,034 workers were provided …
