This Collection supports and amplifies research related to SDG 8 - Decent work and economic growth. Social mobility refers to the extent to which individuals or families move up or down the economic ...

Economic analysis can shine a revealing light on the causes and consequences of social unrest The past decade was marked by a series of high-profile social protests—the Arab Spring, Black Lives Matter ...

Years ago, I worked at the Pew Charitable Trusts on something called the Economic Mobility Project. In 2009, we commissioned a survey covering opportunity, mobility, and the American Dream. One ...

The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) released its annual “State of the World Population” report Tuesday, revealing how social and economic barriers affect global fertility decline. The report, ...

The U.S. government has long had an ambivalent approach toward economic, social, and cultural rights (ESCR). The United States played a central role in articulating these rights and ensuring that they ...

We write in advance of the 77th session of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights regarding Kenya’s compliance with the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.

We write in advance of the 77th Session of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (the Committee) regarding its review of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland’s (UK) ...