MGNREGA has played a crucial role in combating poverty. If 250 million people have risen above the poverty line, rural employment schemes have been instrumental in this revolution, although better implementation and corruption-free execution could have made it even more effective.

New research from Frankfurt School of Finance & Management finds that immigrants to Europe and North America earn almost 18 per cent less than native citizens, largely due to limited access to higher-paying jobs.

Better use of digital technologies can provide financial analysts with a more reliable and accurate way of predicting a firm’s future performance, according to new research from Durham University Business School.

People who lose a parent during childhood are significantly less likely to invest in the stock market later in life, according to new research by Durham University Business School and King's Business School.

Making agriculture and food trade easier by removing or reducing trade barriers, such as tariffs and quotas, supports sustainable development, concludes a new project led by Corvinus University of Budapest.

In every region except North America, geopolitical instability is seen as the biggest short-term threat to business for the fourth year running, according to the 2025 Oxford-GlobeScan Global Corporate Affairs Survey.