Is Africa going boom or bust? Experts weigh in on economic development in Africa.

Girls get to dance with their fathers and have dinner with them during a special day at the Richmond City Jail.

For years microfinance, the practice of making small loans to the poor, has been lauded as a promising solution for eradicating poverty in the developing world. The idea is that a small loan could enable some p...

For nearly ten years microfinance, the practice of making small loans to poor people to start businesses, has been lauded as a silver bullet for eradicating poverty in the developing world.

H&M leads efforts to improve factory safety in Bangladesh after a factory garment collapse killed 1,100 people two weeks ago.

A provision of the Border Security, Economic Opportunity and Immigration Modernization Act would give some immigrants facing deportation access to free legal representation, perhaps opening the door to all immi...

By attaching an $8 lens to his iPhone with a piece of double-sided tape, Canadian doctors produced a field microscope that can be used to diagnose intestinal worms in low resource settings.

A new report published in the American Economic Policy Journal sparked debate about the extent to which the interests of the poor are represented in American government.

New report suggests that prison population increases are related to decreases in mental health services.