Once locked in decades of isolation, Albania is seeing new horizons in the fight against poverty. Expectations run high, driving demands for better – and healthier – lives.

Five King’s College London students flew to Manilla, Republic of the Philippines, on the 20 March to set up two enterprise projects with school leavers currently living in poverty on rubbish dumps.

The U.S. census reports that 36.5 million people or 9% of the population were living within the technical definition of poverty in 2006. "There is still a generation of no progress against poverty," said Sheldon Danziger, at the National Poverty Center in Michigan. "Somehow, we have to confront the fact that ... a rising economy no longer lifts all boats." If you travel in the United States, you can see that this is the case for all kinds of reasons.

The 1986 federal Bradley Amendment seems innocent and helpful to Americans on the surface. The federal law is purported to collect child support that could normally never be collected, with the idea of decreasing poverty in America. It was hatched from the national hysteria whipped up in the 1980s, derived from the legendary and abusive behavior of “deadbeat dads” as well as the intense need for welfare reform.

Wealthy Commonwealth nations such as the UK should help poorer member states improve vital infrastructure facilities as one of the best ways to lift them out of poverty, a new University of Nottingham report says.

Improvements in child wellbeing in rich countries might depend more on reductions in income inequality rather than further economic growth, according to a study published today on www.bmj.com.

Poverty is expensive. Society pays a high price when people who can't afford health care get sick, when they don't earn to their potential and contribute to the economy. In Wisconsin, where more than one in ten people live in poverty, an education program is decreasing that number by investing in people.

Many children in Niger, the landlocked nation of West Africa, are dying from treatable conditions in the name of sustainability.

Research has shown that the poor who live at a socio-economic disadvantage run a higher risk of blindness.

An intensive international effort to improve the nutritional value of cassava — a staple food for millions of poverty stricken people in sub-Sahara Africa and other areas — has led to development of a New form of cassava that may be easier to digest than other varieties.

It has been known that countries with rapidly developing economies may experience a double-disease burden that results from undernutrition and overnutrition. People living in poverty experience diseases that result from a lack of resources, while affluent individuals may suffer from diseases that result from an abundance of resources.

Real median household income in the United States climbed between 2005 and 2006, reaching $48,200, according to a report released today (August 28) by the U.S. Census Bureau. This is the second consecutive year that income has risen.