China and India have seen trend reductions in the incidence of absolute poverty since the early 1980s, although progress has not been even over time. Table 1 gives the percentages of each country's

For a few students from four prominent Delhi schools, it was an up-close and personal look at poverty. Involved in a reality-check exercise to answer the key question, they were on a mission to see

For villagers in drought-stricken southern Mozambique, this year's food shortages are the worst many can remember, but aid workers fear the world may not respond until it is too late. Across southern

The district administration has launched a survey to identify the families living below the poverty line (BPL) in the urban areas of the district and it will be completed within 10 days. The last

The World Bank has said it is assisting the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) in its development of a reliable, sustainable and affordable water supply system in Delhi and denied any move to privatise any part

At a board meeting held today under the chairmanship of the Delhi chief minister, Mrs Sheila Dikshit the Delhi Jal Board was pulled up for not bringing down the percentage of unaccounted water.

A new study by the International Labour Organisation (ILO) has found that though some 2.8 billion people were employed globally in 2003

The number of undernourished people in the world rose by 18 million between 1995-97 and 2000-02, a sharp reversal from the decline of 27 million in the population of the hungry in the previous five

UNICEF says over 22 per cent of the population lives below the poverty line, one in five households do not have a safe source of drinking water, and one in four children are malnourished. "Poverty is

From appearance of new water bodies to dramatic changes in the chemical quality in the soil and water, the tsunami impact in Tamil Nadu's affected areas has been the area of field project of students