What determines mental health, school performance, and even cognitive development? A new review in De Gruyter's Reviews in the Neurosciences suggests that poverty and low socioeconomic status (SES) ...

A new report from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center revealed stark disparities in postsecondary outcomes for graduates based on the socioeconomic levels of their high schools. This ...

The Economic Issues series aims to make available to a broad readership of nonspecialists some of the economic research being produced on topical issues by IMF staff. The series draws mainly from IMF ...

The four campaigns competing for the 2019 Georgetown University Student Association executive seek to represent a wide variety of students. However, these candidates fall short in addressing problems ...

Kano elders and leading personalities across socio, economic, religious and political spheres have formed a united front to address socio-economic challenges confronting the state. The elders and ...

Poverty goes beyond income. It often arises when health, education and opportunities fall short of meeting people’s needs. Individuals are classified as impoverished when they face deprivation in ...

President Bola Tinubu’s government unveiled its eight-point economic agenda during the first Federal Executive council meeting in August. In his economic blueprint, President Tinubu highlighted the ...

This Economic Issue is based on IMF Working Paper 00/78 "Rural Poverty in Developing Countries: Issues and Policies." Citations for the research referred to in this shortened version are provided in ...