Poverty Alleviation

World Bank board elects Donald Trump nominee David Malpass as next president, to start new role next week

David Malpass said he would uphold the bank's commitment to reducing poverty in the poorest countries and to fight climate change

Minus Rs 72,000 for poor, Congress Manifesto 2019 makes right noises; Rahul's NYAY will be party's headache

While Congress' poll manifesto is sensitive towards major economic issues, including unemployment, Rahul Gandhi's Nyay scheme is fraught with major risks — both as an idea and on the implementation front

Raghuram Rajan says he was consulted, offered views on Rahul Gandhi's Nyay scheme

Raghuram Rajan said it is a "misreading" of the Nyuntam Aay Yojana (Nyay) scheme by critics, who claim this will incentivise people to not work at all

Why Rahul Gandhi’s Rs 72,000 per annum minimum income promise is a blunder in the making

Minimum income guarantee promise will most likely shift attention from the more serious unemployment problem.

Xi Jinping pledges to continue economic reforms in China, says the country will defend authority of UN

China's President Xi Jinping on Sunday pledged to continue domestic economic reforms and maintain the country's international prominence in 2018.

Pakistan defence spend may rise 30% but its real enemies are Chinese debt trap, poverty

A steeper-than-expected rise in defence spend wouldn’t be good news for a crippled economy like Pakistan, largely running on Chinese aid.

Why RBI's move to implement Islamic banking is exhaustive and thoroughly mature

Interest-free banking which is based on a participatory model should be allowed to function in India so that people have the option to enter into commercial transactions which are participatory in nature.

Modi exclusive interview: Belief in empowerment for poor crucial part of PM's image makeover

It is not difficult to imagine that Modi's barbs were aimed at politics of doles and emoluments which do little to remove poverty and increase corruption instead, serving only to fatten the middlemen.

PM Narendra Modi exclusive interview: 'Politics on social imbalances is disservice to society'

Lot of politics has also happened on poverty, Prime Minister Narendra Modi told CNN-News18 in an exclusive interview.

Jan Dhan reality check: Manmohan Singh's criticism is indeed right but only partially

Unless the livelihood issues are resolved first, there is very little these bank accounts alone can do