Economic Opportunity

Charitable giving in the United States declined in 2022 — only the fourth time in four decades that donations did not increase year over year — according to the Giving USA report released Tuesday…

A new study adds to a growing body of evidence that certain anti-poverty policies can have long-lasting effects…

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A delivery worker sits under the under a bridge in New York. (Photo by Amr Alfiky, Reuters , via The Washington Post) In regions experienc…

This report summarizes 36-month findings from the evaluation of the Grameen America program, a microfinance institution that provides loans to women with low incomes in the United States who are…

On Wednesday, we marked another Equal Pay Day, the point in the year when women have finally made what men made in 2020. And that’s just the average across all women…

Climate change and air pollution are two major societal problems. Air pollution is responsible for millions of deaths worldwide and crop loss every year. Both climate change and air pollution…

It’s not a question of if insurance will become unavailable or unaffordable in areas at high risk of wildfires, hurricanes and other damage – it’s a question of when. A disaster risk expert explains.

Women make up 90% of frontline health care workers globally — and those in unpaid roles are grossly underpaid yet continue to hold health systems together in the wake of…

The 19th brought together activists, philanthropists, and the public and private sector — as well as our audience — for robust discussions about this work.

At 17 colleges and universities in 2020-21, students from families earning under $30,000 actually paid more in net price, which is the amount students pay after discounts and financial aid, than those from families making $110,000 a year or more…

In one of the world’s most gender-equal societies, private equity has once again been outed as a surprisingly stubborn bastion of male dominance. Just 19% of board seats at portfolio companies…