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Pak Fallacy: Islamabad sees China's OBOR as its ticket against
The CPEC is a core project of OBOR and has been termed as significant in making Pakistan both a conduit and destination for cross-regional investment...
Fallout of the pandemic: Cambodia pushed back into poverty
Garment worker Ny Thea never expected she would be in such big trouble. Just recently she still earned about $300 per month in a clothing factory, and...
Modi govt's Vision 2022 to make India poverty, corruption free
Modi government is pursuing big goals to mark the 75th anniversary of the independence in 2022. The government has prepared a vision document through...
Afghanistan distributes free bread as prices soar amid coronavirus
The spike in food prices, which has come in the holy Muslim month of Ramadan, is a harsh blow for a country reeling from the decades-old conflict...
COVID-19 could push half a billion people into poverty: UN
The economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic could increase global poverty by as much a half a billion, said a UN study into the financial and...
India uplifted 271 mn people out of poverty: Sitharaman
In her second Budget presentation, the finance minister said the Budget for 2020-21, is woven around aspirational India, economic development and...
War on poverty akin to battle against cancer, say Nobel Economics...
The war on poverty can not be won in one major battle, but in a series of small triumphs. This was the firm belief of Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo...
World Bank lauds Kenya for reducing poverty rates
World Bank said that poverty rates declined over the period but remain high by the standards of lower middle income countries. Between 2005/06 and...