Global Poverty

In the News

M-Paisa has made a big contribution toward eliminating corruption and theft in Afghanistan’s public sector. It fundamentally changes what it means to be poor.

March 2, 2013, Laurence Chandy, TIME

In the News

Roughly speaking, 1 billion people have been lifted out of poverty since 1990, in China, India, Vietnam, Indonesia and even now in sub-Saharan Africa. In the last decade, we've had the most rapid reduction in poverty in history.

October 24, 2012, Homi Kharas, Global Post

In the News

When we talk about poverty in the developing world, we use an absolute poverty line of a dollar a day. It doesn't matter whether the country grows richer over time, we stick with that same measure. Whereas in…Western countries, we use a relative measure of poverty, which does change over time [and] does change with the fortunes of the other people in the economy.

September 5, 2012, Laurence Chandy, CNN

In the News

The global economic recovery is still sputtering due to a lack of robust demand, policy tools that are stretched to their limits and unable to muster much traction, and enormous risks posed by weak financial systems and political uncertainty.

April 15, 2012, Eswar Prasad, Financial Times

Interview | UNICEF

The Changing State of Global Poverty

August 26, 2011, Laurence Chandy and Geoffrey Gertz

Expert Q & A

Does Global Corporate Philanthropy Reach the People Who Need Help?

June 10, 2011, Justin W. van Fleet

Podcast

@ Brookings Podcast: Assessing the Millennium Development Goals

September 24, 2010, Raj M. Desai

Expert Q & A

Reaching the Millennium Development Goals

September 17, 2010, Raj M. Desai

Interview

The Swine Flu Outbreak and its Global Economic Impact

May 4, 2009, Warwick J. McKibbin

Interview | The Straits Times

Can China Grow Itself Out of Trouble?

February 26, 2009, Wing Thye. Woo