When discussing globalization, advocates of the free economy usually start by stressing the large number of people who have risen out of extreme poverty in the last three decades. This period of ...

Stanford researchers quantified the cost of lifting people out of poverty globally, providing a framework to inform future policy decisions.

A report issued during a United Nations event for World Day of the Poor shows that efforts to alleviate global poverty have slowed. The annual Pope Francis Global Poverty Report released by Jesuit-run ...

In 2015, world leaders set 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as part of the UN‘s 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development to change the world for the better. The very first goal on that list: ...

In the wake of the election, it is clear that we must be conscious not only of America’s choices for itself, but of its effects on the rest of the world. In a recent report from the World Bank, over ...

The complex economic and cultural connections among nations that underpin globalization also make possible stark international comparisons. The inequalities that globalization reveals challenge the ...

The rock group U2 has sold some 175 million records globally, but I get that they might not be everybody’s cup of Irish tea. Maybe you don’t like their post-punk, anthemic music style. Maybe you think ...

In a real-world test of a new tool to better evaluate anti-poverty policies, a new study shows the economic benefits of expanding electricity access. The answer might seem obvious -- that electricity ...

As the world becomes more connected, globalization has become a daily reality for people in every corner of Earth. But while globalization — described by Peterson Institute for International Economics ...