A medida que la desigualdad se profundiza en países de todo el mundo, el estado indio de Kerala se ha convertido en un faro de esperanza. Para noviembre de 2025, Kerala se convertirá en el primer estado de la India en erradicar por completo la pobreza extrema.

As inequality deepens in countries across the globe, the Indian state of Kerala has emerged as a beacon of hope. By November 2025, Kerala is set to become India’s first state to entirely eradicate extreme poverty.

Today, 25 years on, the program has been a massive success with a notable rise in women’s presence in legislative bodies, as well as a large number of women working in various micro enterprises and agricultural projects.

The situation is such that the public sector, long maligned by neoliberal economists and weakened by governments beholden to neoliberalism, is playing a major role in the fight against coronavirus