Most people love a good "rags-to-riches" tale. Someone starting from the economic basement works hard and not only turns their life around—they become an enormous success. It's a feel-good story ...

Sociology, Vol. 46, No. 5, Special Issue: The Sociology of Human Rights (OCTOBER 2012), pp. 906-920 (15 pages) There are few attempts to link human rights discourses and child poverty debates, though ...

What is a digital story focused on a global issue? Digital storytelling is a form of digital media production that enables anyone to share aspects of a global issue or their story. The media used can ...

Presiding over the Diocese of Stockton, one of the poorest areas of the country, Catholic Bishop Stephen Blaire sees the human costs of poverty every day. Long lines at food banks. Homeless folks on ...

As Uzbekistan increasingly looks eastward for development solutions, especially for poverty alleviation, linguist Dilsora Mirzaakhmedova is trying to introduce China's development philosophy to the ...

Thank you all for being here today. I would like to give a few introductory comments on this important issue for the World Bank Group. Last year in this room, World Bank Group President Kim and WTO ...

Are you familiar with escape rooms? The only way you can escape is to solve a complicated problem. But what happens if you fail to escape the room on time? Having lost, you are then “imprisoned” in ...

In the attention economy that dominates social media, some content attracts millions of views by depicting poverty or precarious living conditions. However, these images also provoke growing unease.