Learn how the poverty gap measures poverty's intensity through income shortfalls from the poverty line, and explore its importance in economic analysis.

Discover how the International Poverty Line defines global poverty, its critique, and impacts. Learn about its uses and how it differs from the Federal Poverty Level.

The idea that a family earning six figures could still feel poor sounds absurd until you start tallying rent, child care, ...

A popular blogger says the real poverty line for a family of four is around $140,000. There has been pushback.

The claim that a family needs six figures just to avoid poverty sounds like a provocation, but it is rooted in a detailed ...

In September 2015, 193 member states of the United Nations adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and committed themselves to the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The SDGs are ...

When people talk about poverty in the United States, most talk about income. But income is just half of the story, says Christina Gibson-Davis, a professor of public policy and sociology at Duke's ...

University of Waikato provides funding as a member of The Conversation NZ. University of Waikato provides funding as a member of The Conversation AU. Rates of child poverty in Aotearoa New Zealand ...

Springfield resident Andrea Carter has worn many hats: school teacher, community leader, mom, prisoner, dishwasher and someone with a substance use disorder. Now, she’s a change leader with Think Tank ...