Editor's Note

By bringing together scholars from the United States, Bangladesh, Saudi Arabia, the United Kingdom, and Indonesia, Poverty and Public Policy looks at new poverty issues and policy solutions. The third issue of 2025 collects perspectives on different financial challenges, including policies and technologies across the globe. The most recent publications also include analyses of infrastructure development, data use, and social programs for the elderly population. “Classifying and Describing Exemplary Data Use in Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Agencies” (2025, https://doi.org/10.1002/pop4.70019) by Emily Wiegand, Leah Gjertson, Emma Monahan, and Robert George, examines how U.S. state agencies administering the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program use administrative data for evaluation and program improvement. The authors found that when it comes…