Muhammed Yunis, an economics professor from Bangladesh, won the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize for developing the idea of microfinance. His vision was to empower poor individuals, particularly women, by ...

One guiding principle of the National Urban League’s recently released ”Opportunity Compact” is the opportunity to prosper. We contend that every individual in America who possesses entrepreneurial ...

Learn how the poverty gap measures poverty's intensity through income shortfalls from the poverty line, and explore its ...

In the interconnected world we live in, the economic disparities and social inequities faced by underserved communities around the globe remain a stubbornly persistent problem. According to the World ...

The World Bank Group has set a clear mission: ending poverty and boosting shared prosperity on a livable planet. This report offers the first post-pandemic assessment of global progress toward these ...