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World Bank: Inequality threatens fight against extreme poverty

Oct 03, 2016 - 12:00 PM

The World Bank says poverty will persist if gains are not felt by the bottom 40 of the population

A picture taken on March 11, 2016 shows a beggar woman in the streets of Paris. / AFP PHOTO / JOEL SAGET

IMF warns the US over high poverty, inequality

Jun 23, 2016 - 1:00 PM

The International Monetary Fund lowers its outlook for economic growth in the United States where 46 7 million people are living in poverty

epa04263269 A homeless man, who did not want to identified, sits on a sidewalk in New York, New York, USA, 16 June 2014. A report released earlier this year showed that nearly half of of the city's population is living near poverty levels. EPA/JUSTIN LANE

62 richest own as much as world's poorest half – report

Jan 18, 2016 - 9:44 AM

Oxfam: The gap between the richest and the rest has widened dramatically in the past 12 months

A homeless man with a sign asks for money on a street in New York on October 14, 2014. Jewel Samad/AFP

Food security: a daily struggle

Sep 13, 2015 - 2:39 PM

I try to make both ends meet If there is nothing we will not eat breakfast and lunch We will just have the evening meal At least we will not sleep with an empty stomach

In urban poor communities, scarcity on food roots on the problem of unemployment.

Children of the mines

Aug 23, 2015 - 8:01 PM

An 11 year old boy has to work hard just to earn a hundred pesos while the rest of our congressmen are wasting money on substandard infrastructure projects

Kids use a wooden pan to extract gold from a mixture of mud and sand which comes from a pit with up to 8 meters deep. Photo by Mark Saludes/Rappler Photo by Mark Saludes/Rappler

World Bank cuts PH 2014 growth forecast to 6%

Jan 14, 2015 - 8:51 PM

Despite lowered expectations the World Bank commends the Philippines ambition to achieve inclusive growth

The rising inequality and the World Economic Forum

May 22, 2014 - 4:02 PM

Integrated Asean community can reduce inequality by 2015