The developing world is becoming more urban. Some observers see this as the unwelcome precursor to new poverty problems, such as urban slums blossoming in congested cities. Yet others see it as a ...

The Centre has prepared a four-level administrative framework for successful implementation of “new urban poverty alleviation ...

Poverty is prevalent in nearly every facet of urban life. Few cities lack corners with tents of homeless individuals struggling to get by. While there is no easy solution to systemic issues that ...

Over several months this year, the prominent sociologist Loïc Wacquant’s 2022 monograph The Invention of the “Underclass": A ...

According to the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) Household Income and Expenditure Survey 2022, the nation’s poverty ...

Drawing on the long tradition of Saint Louis University's commitment to the city of St. Louis, the interdisciplinary minor in urban poverty studies is an examination of local, national and global ...

A century of liberal proposals have failed to curb racialized poverty, because they've been focused on the wrong thing.

There is an urgent need to have an official estimate of the poverty line and bring in policy changes to impact the lives of ...

Check if you have access via personal or institutional login When and why do the urban poor vote for opposition parties in Africa's electoral democracies? The strategies used by political parties to ...

Deaths from cardiovascular disease have surged among adults ages 25 to 64 living in rural areas, a new study shows.

Somalia faces persistent poverty, widespread inequality, and challenges from climate shocks, as revealed by the latest World ...

These are the main findings: National poverty has stagnated while urban poverty is alarmingly on the rise. In 2022, 75.2% of the national population was poor: 79.9% in rural and 55.5% in urban areas.