N-gated Hacker NewsApr 11
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https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2026/04/09/one-neat-trick-to-end-extreme-poverty #magictrick #extremepoverty #cookiesandjavascript #browsersettings #humor #HackerNews #ngated
One neat trick to end extreme poverty

An age-old problem might have a surprisingly simple solution

The Economist
Hacker NewsApr 11

One neat trick to end extreme poverty

https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2026/04/09/one-neat-trick-to-end-extreme-poverty

#HackerNews #extremepoverty #povertyalleviation #economicgrowth #socialimpact #innovativeideas

One neat trick to end extreme poverty

An age-old problem might have a surprisingly simple solution

The Economist
Show threadPaul HealeyApr 2
@Snoro UK Data centres: you had your rivers filled with shit and now I’ll take the life that depends on them? Centralised corruption and stupidity drives deregulation. The growth of fascist cults is financed by an Empire built on the nihilistic finality of Corporate Sovereignty. The micro thin repitition of a gilded image built on slop: tech delusions, LLM mimicry, unqualified control freaks, deadly decisions and the unrestrained abuse of human rights #Ecocide #DataCenters #AbnormalDistributions #ExtremePoverty #ExtremeWealth
Headlines AfricaNov 21, 2025
Africa: 20% of World's Children Still Trapped in Extreme Poverty - UNICEF: [UN News] More than 19 per cent of children worldwide live in extreme poverty, surviving on under $3 a day, according to a new UNICEF report. http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TPNYzN #EndPoverty #ChildRights #UNICEF #Africa #ExtremePoverty
Mathrubhumi EnglishNov 2, 2025
Malayalam superstar Mammootty stresses poverty eradication is key to true development in Kerala, urging collective action at CM’s event https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/kerala/mammootty-on-kerala-cm-extreme-poverty-eradication-programme-epep-oquaug6y?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #Mammootty #Poverty #Kerala #ExtremePoverty #KeralaCM
Mathrubhumi EnglishOct 25, 2025
Kerala will be declared the first state in India free of extreme poverty on November 1, coinciding with its formation or 'Kerala Piravi' day, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said. https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/kerala/kerala-to-be-declared-free-of-extreme-poverty-november-one-lb9g2l20?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #Kerala #ExtremePoverty #KeralaNews #LatestNews
Headlines AfricaAug 8, 2025
Africa: Women From Landlocked Developing Countries Set Sights On Open Horizons: [IPS] Awaza, Turkmenistan -- "Progress towards gender equality and equity remains uneven and far too slow. One in four women in landlocked developing countries (LLDCs) live in extreme poverty, and this is nearly 75 million women," said Rabab Fatima, Secretary-General of the Third United Nations Conference on Landlocked… http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TMMmnG #GenderEquality #WomenEmpowerment #LLDCs #ExtremePoverty #GlobalGoals
Aubreader MastoAug 3, 2025

The only thing worse than sweatshops is no sweatshops

https://www.noahpinion.blog/p/the-only-thing-worse-than-sweatshops

Poor countries have to get rich somehow. This is the tried-and-true method.

#Bangladesh #sweatshops #ExtremePoverty

The only thing worse than sweatshops is no sweatshops

Poor countries have to get rich somehow. This is the tried-and-true method.

Noahpinion
Hacker NewsMar 11, 2025

Extreme poverty in India is now negligible, without an industrial miracle

https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2025/02/27/india-has-undermined-a-popular-myth-about-development

#HackerNews #ExtremePoverty #India #Development #EconomicGrowth #IndustrialMiracle

India has undermined a popular myth about development

Extreme poverty in the country has dropped to negligible levels

The Economist
Headlines AfricaFeb 28, 2025
Africa: Data Modelling Reveals the Heavy Toll of USAID Cuts On Africa: [ISS] Given the US' major contribution to aid, Trump's cuts could push 5.7 million more Africans into extreme poverty next year. http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TJF7Zv #Africa #USAID #Poverty #AidCuts #ExtremePoverty