Climate change and poverty interact through housing, livelihoods, health, infrastructure and recovery capacity, leaving poorer households with fewer options after shocks.
Child labour affects nearly 138 million children. Learn why it persists and how education, social protection and decent work can reduce it.
The cycle of poverty develops when low resources, weak opportunities and repeated shocks reinforce disadvantage across generations—but it is not destiny.
Amartya Sen reshaped welfare economics by asking what resources actually enable people to do, from escaping famine to expanding freedom and capability.
The gap between rich and poor extends beyond income to wealth, debt, security and opportunity, shaping mobility and advantages across generations.
Poverty is shaped by income, prices, jobs, health, services and shocks. Learn how monetary, relative and multidimensional poverty are measured.
Microfinance empowers the poor by expanding access to small loans, savings and financial services, but high debt and over-borrowing can create serious risks.
