South Asia's poorest city dwellers bear brunt of worsening floods

Each summer, the thousand or so families living in a floodplain informal settlement on the edge of Kathmandu brace themselves ...

UK tax cuts seen as cold comfort for poorest Britons

Low-income Britons will see few benefits from the historic tax cuts announced by the country's new finance minister on Friday ...
Richmond

Bank proves poorest of poor can be creditworthy

BANGKOK -- The global financial crisis has highlighted a curious success story: A bank that doles out loans to some of the world's poorest, least-creditworthy people continues to have a payback rate ...
Manila Standard

TESDA skills programs boost jobs but fail to reach poorest, study finds

MANILA—While the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) scholarships significantly improve graduates' ...
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The 12 Poorest Presidents In US History

While the Presidency is today associated with wealth and fame, many early U.S. Presidents came from humble backgrounds and ...
The Hill

Wage growth is sinking for poorest workers

Wage growth is slowing down for all workers following the booming recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, but it’s dropping at the fastest pace for workers at the bottom end of the income spectrum.

What was life like on Minnesota’s ‘poor farms’?

One of the few remaining traces of Minnesota’s poor farm era still rises above the landscape in Maplewood — a towering red barn that now anchors the Ramsey County Fairgrounds. Built in 1918, the barn ...