What determines mental health, school performance, and even cognitive development? A new study in Reviews in the Neurosciences suggests that poverty and low socioeconomic status (SES) are key ...

How do we address climate change, reduce poverty, and boost shared prosperity on a livable planet? Climate change is one of the defining issues of our time, and no country is immune. On this episode ...

Generous anti-poverty programs may help narrow gaps in mental health and brain development between children living in low- versus high-income households, a new study finds. The analysis, published in ...

Three decades ago nearly 2bn people lived in absolute poverty (ie, virtual destitution). By 2018 that figure had fallen by more than half. There has perhaps been no greater human achievement. How did ...

Many were surprised when the Chief Minister of India’s Kerala state announced on 1 November 2025 that the state had eliminated extreme poverty. While debates over definition and measurement ensued, ...