News: poverty

An expanded poverty tracking survey will now look at early childhood poverty and the experiences of Asian-American New Yorkers. What’s…

What approaches are Asian countries taking to improve the lives of the poor? Professor Qin Gao and her co-editor are…

Xuan Huo (left) with Professor Qin Gao (right) in the Columbia School of Social Work’s lobby I first met Qin…

Research scientists Naomi Zewde and Christopher Wimer found that Medicaid expansions under Obamacare lifted nearly 700,000 out of poverty. Medicaid…

The fifth annual New Frontiers in Poverty Research conference featured a keynote by Wes Moore, innovative policy proposals such as…

Childhood concerns about inequality have put this MSW student on an unstoppable career path in social enterprise administration and social…

Children of China’s many internal migrants have a hard time adjusting. Two alumni and a current student have co-written a…

In a new National Academies report, Interim Dean Irwin Garfinkel and colleagues identify the most effective policy means for reducing…

Highlights from Dr. Qin Gao’s interview on poverty reduction and social welfare in China ranked among the Carnegie Council for…

The United States may be the world’s richest nation, but according to the U.S. Census, one in three children (a…