The number of people living on less then $1 a day in the world's least developed countries will reach at least 420 million by 2015 if current economic trends continue, warns UNCTAD's ' Least

Pakistan finance minister Shaukat Aziz said that the government would spend Rs 161 billion on poverty reduction in fiscal 2002-03 indicating that government was giving priority to improve the lives

Minister for Municipal administration N Md. Farooq on Saturday said that the Department for International development (DFID) of the United Kingdom appreciated Andhra Pradesh as the state was ahead of

With about 815 million people going to sleep hungry, the head of the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organisation(FAO) says that development experts mesmerised by international trade and high technology

The West Bengal state government will soon get a grant of

"Poverty mitigating strategies need to be responsive to changes in the economy and society since poverty is a muti-dimensional phenomenon and the poor are a heterogeneous group," said the Director of

With the rural poverty in Andhra Pradesh reaching a low of 11.05 per cent, lowest among all the states in the country, the state government has decided to make a last attempt to reduce it. For this

The Andhra Pradesh state cabinet on Wednesday decided to launch Rs 2,450 crore World Bank aided Andhra Pradesh rural poverty eradication programme 'Velugu' on June