We study the reasons for rising in-work poverty in the 25 years up to the pandemic.

Interruptions, to-do lists, lack of autonomy — “time poverty” depends more on perceived shortages of time than actual ones, recent research suggests.

Download PDF More Formats on IMF eLibrary Order a Print Copy Create Citation The paper presents estimates of poverty [extreme poverty PPP$1.9 and PPP$3.2] and consumption inequality in India for each ...

Piracy is widely seen as something illegitimate, something that is not to be attempted by those who’d prefer to always remain on the right side of the law. However, as Torrentfreak reported, a new ...

The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (PRWORA) replaced the failed social program Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) with a block grant program, ...

A Nepalese immigrant in his early 40s described the stress and uncertainty he felt during college about how to afford rent, food and tuition despite having a scholarship. A man of Hmong origin in his ...

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In 2020, the overall life expectancy in the U.S. dropped by 1.5 years, largely due to the COVID-19 pandemic. But the reduction wasn't shared equally among the general population; Native American ...

A technical workshop on macroeconomic analytical issues in taking the PRSP approach forward was held at IMF headquarters on April 3-4, 2003 bringing together some 40 representatives from low-income ...

One of the things that I have been trying to point out around here is that the United States doesn't actually have poverty by the way that the rest of the world understands this word, "poverty". Most ...

In his January 1964 State of the Union address, President Lyndon Johnson proclaimed, “This administration today, here and now, declares unconditional war on poverty in America.” In the 50 years since ...