Cholera epidemics are a bellwether of poverty and the breakdown of basic infrastructure, and Cuba’s recent outbreak is no exception. On July 3rd, the Cuban Government admitted that 53 people in the ...

It is hard nowadays to find topics on which people agree. Ironically, though, all agree on one point: that disagreement has reached peak levels. People are united in recognizing that society has ...

Globalization stands accused of generating economic instability in developing countries and greatly exacerbating poverty, at least in the short run–which is the longest period the world’s poor can ...

NONG BUA HING, Thailand—Boonma Klahan starts her mornings by washing, changing and feeding her 85-year-old mother, who has dementia and spends her days on a mattress on the family home’s wooden floor.

The world’s poorest nations, the bulk of which are in sub-Saharan Africa, are receiving less than a third of development aid, and this support is waning, a non-governmental organisation founded by U2 ...

A falling dollar is normally good for the developing world. Because poor countries borrow more in the greenback than rich ones, their debt bills become less burdensome. At the same time, imports ...

"I hear a lot of Americans hate of themselves and say they want to move away," u/Awkward_Motor_6388 wrote, "but then I look at the economic numbers (Americans have the most disposable income after all ...

For most of modern history, the perception of whether a country is “rich” or “poor” has centered on the wealth of its citizens. We look at median incomes and GDP per capita to divide the world into ...

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A view of the Doe Run Peru metallurgical plant, which processes metals like gold and silver, in Oroya, Peru, on July 28, 2008David Rochkind / Getty Images Most of the attention on global environmental ...

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