Fueling the debate over high school graduation statistics, a University of Minnesota researcher is proposing a new way to gauge how states measure up when it comes to graduating students on time. But ...

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The United Nations has declared a goal of eradicating extreme poverty by 2030. But for all the success that microfinance—financial services targeted at the economically active poor—has shown in ...

Refugees have specific vulnerabilities that make them among the poorest individuals in the world. The pandemic has exposed them to new health, protection and economic threats. In fact, refugees are ...