Click here to read the part two of this series 2.1 Rural Development Initiatives Undertaken Parallel to industrialization and economic growth, urbanization is a global trend. In contrast, Sri Lanka remains a
The UK government has announced a drastic reduction in aid spending to some of the world’s poorest nations, cutting funding by 40% over the next year. Under plans unveiled by Foreign Secretary
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The constant insistence of the US discourse on the war on drugs seems to reflect a moral crusade by successive US administrations to rid their country of drug use. However, the truth
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The world’s billionaires amassed a record-breaking fortune in 2025, Oxfam reported Monday, just days before the World Economic Forum gathers in Davos. The charity’s annual wealth analysis paints a stark picture of
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Nearly 25 percent of Sri Lanka’s population is currently living in poverty, according to surveys highlighted in a new report released by the Poverty Analysis Center in collaboration with ODI Global. Experts
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Editorial The World Inequality Report 2026 does not merely describe a malfunctioning global economy; it indicts it. What emerges from its data is not an unfortunate imbalance or a temporary distortion, but
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On 1 November 2025, the south-western Indian state of Kerala – home to 34 million people – was declared free from extreme poverty by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan. Kerala is one of the few
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It is that time of year again when India’s national capital Delhi’s air quality turned acutely hazardous. Official Indian air quality indicators hit their maximum adverse readings of 500, while indices based
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Kerala’s left-wing administration has claimed a historic triumph in eradicating extreme poverty, a declaration made by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan during a special assembly session on November 1, the state’s founding anniversary.
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An alarming new Oxfam report warns of an ever-deepening divide between Asia’s rich and poor. The wealthiest 10% capture 77% of the region’s income, while over half a billion people survive on
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The famous quote by Italian Marxist philosopher Antonio Gramsci seems to have been written for the moment humanity is currently experiencing: “The old is dying, and the new cannot be born. In
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