Before Central Asia could recover from the impacts of COVID-19 and return to pre-pandemic levels of poverty reduction, the world was plunged into more uncertainty given the war in Ukraine and rising ...

MANILA, Aug 24 (Reuters) - The pandemic has set back the fight against poverty in the Asia-Pacific region by at least two years, and many nations will find it harder to escape poverty, the Asian ...

If the COVID-19 pandemic has taught us anything, it’s that the oft-noted obstacles to putting robust social protection systems in place – a lack of finances, administrative constraints, etc. – can be ...

In this article, we take a look at the 25 most impoverished countries in Asia. If you would like to skip our detailed analysis of the Asian economy, you can directly go to the 5 Most Impoverished ...

Readers discuss rousing political will to ensure the fruits of wealth are shared, protecting Hong Kong's rule of law, and satisfying the longing to touch corals in marine parks Feel strongly about ...

A few days before Pope Francis arrived in Jakarta, the US-centric Eternal Word Television Network (EWTN) released a documentary on the upcoming papal trip to Asia-Pacific, “Pope Francis in Southeast ...

This interview was originally published in Russian in Kazakhstan’s Kapital on October 17, 2022. Q: According to the World Bank, how does Kazakhstan’s level of poverty compare with the rest of Central ...

Nearly 80 percent of the world’s poor—887 million people--live in regions that are exposed to extreme heat, flooding and ...