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March 25, 2014

Development
Formalizing Economies to Fight Poverty

Emerging Voices features contributions from scholars and practitioners highlighting new research, thinking, and approaches to development challenges. This article is from Karen Tramontano, founder an…

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Blog Post by Guest Blogger for Terra Lawson-Remer Development Channel

November 19, 2008

China
Financial Crisis May Worsen Poverty in China, India

The global financial crisis threatens to hamper poverty alleviation efforts in India and China, responsible for lifting the largest numbers of the world’s poor out of extreme poverty.  Political or s…

Backgrounder by Jayshree Bajoria

April 17, 2012

Americas
Can 80 Percent of Mexicans be Poor? The Debate over Poverty

A recent study highlighted in La Jornada, a Mexican newspaper, claims that some ninety million Mexicans are poor, roughly 80 percent of the total population. This contrasts drastically with calculati…

Mexico Poverty- Latin Americas Moment
Blog Post by Shannon K. O'Neil Latin America’s Moment

April 11, 2024

South Korea
South Korea’s Opposition Parties’ Win: What It Means

The center-left Democratic Party added to its legislative majority after the recent parliamentary election, which would deal a blow to President Yoon Suk Yeol’s domestic reform agenda and possibly hi…

Lee Jae-myung, leader of the main opposition Democratic Party, raises hands with supporters during a campaign rally for the upcoming 22nd parliamentary election in Seoul, South Korea.
Expert Brief by Sue Mi Terry Asia Program

May 16, 2012

Global
Global Poverty and the Paradox of Plenty

This was a meeting of the roundtable series, Opportunity and Exclusion in the Global Economy.

Podcast
Event by Ian Gary, Paolo De Sa, and Terra Lawson-Remer