Myanmar approaching point of economic collapse: UN report
The turmoil following the military coup in Myanmar, coupled with the impact of COVID-19 could result in up to 25 million people – nearly half of...
Tag : Poverty
One in six children living in extreme poverty, with figure set to rise during pandemic
An estimated one in six children – or 356 million globally – were living in extreme poverty before the COVID-19 pandemic began, and this is set to worsen significantly, according to a new World Bank...
Business Tit-Bits: The Economy Sacrificed for Politics
A recent NSSO report on the Household Consumer Expenditure Survey said that consumer spending fell for the first time in more than four decades in...
Business Tit-Bits: Jobs, Livelihood and India’s Middle Class
Erosion of job opportunities, closure of small businesses due to demonetisation, a dip in manufacturing and infrastructure investment being unprofitable due to lack of paying...
#Video: Business Headlines: Nobel Prize Winner Slams Modi Policies
It was a matter of pride that the Noble Prize in Economics this year has been awarded jointly to 58 year old Indian-American Abhijit Banerjee,...
Congress will launch ‘surgical strike’ on poverty: Rahul Gandhi
Jaipur | Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday promised a “surgical strike” on poverty and said his party had been working on how to eradicate it...
Asia-Pacific may meet only one out of 17 SDGs, warns UN official
by News Desk
The Asia-Pacific region is on track to meet only one of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals by 2030, a senior UN official has warned, underscoring...
Study: Healthcare bills drive 55 million Indians to poverty each year
by News Desk
A recent study by the Public Health Foundation of India has shown that paying for their own healthcare has driven about 55 million Indians to poverty...