Amid a drop in global cocoa markets, Ghana has slashed its farmgate cocoa rate paid to farmers. The move aligns the price with that of the international market to encourage more demand.

Illinois in the top ten for largest racial wealth gaps. Disparities in income, education and poverty drive the state’s racial wealth gap.

New Jersey’s Hispanic residents were more likely to live below the poverty line than other groups, according to the latest ...

One might expect researchers to have settled the question long ago of whether poverty causes crime. On the surface, the answer seems obvious. A correlation certainly exists: anyone working in the ...

The U.S. is the world’s wealthiest nation and yet, year after year, a significant share of the population lives in poverty. The experience of poverty touches every part of a person’s life. “Poverty is ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Poverty in Nigeria comes in various forms: a lack of income and productive resources to sustain livelihoods; hunger and ...

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About 30 Oregon elementary schools are exceeding expectations when analyzing third-grade literacy scores against poverty rates, and seven of those overachievers belong to Portland Public Schools, a ...

BUENOS AIRES, Dec. 5 (UPI) --Income-based poverty in Argentina fell to 36.3% of the population in the third quarter of this year, down from 45.6% in the same period in 2024, according to a report from ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- The poverty rate across New York City fell slightly over the past year, but despite the overall decrease, two boroughs saw their numbers rise. New data from the U.S. Census ...

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