While the number of people living in extreme poverty has decreased in recent years, there is still a long road ahead. Here are five essential facts everyone should know to better understand the ...

In Japan, there are more than a half-million married women who live below the poverty line but do not work. In this paper, we examine possible explanations for this puzzling behavior. We find that ...

Behind these diets, the organization stats, are poverty-driven food insecurity ... Obesity has risen by almost a third since 2006 in kids aged 10 to 11, and diagnoses of Type 2 diabetes among ...

we explain the overlap and the gap between facts and perceptions of inequality, and discuss the relevance of both in policy interventions. The quarterly newsletter Inequality in Focus continues to ...