Slow or unreliable internet access is a reality for millions of Americans.
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The COVID-19 pandemic is forcing people to study and work online. It’s also sparked a need for news and information. That’s a challenge for the 24 million Americans who lack broadband internet access.
Female workers during a soil fertilization process.
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Female labour participation in Indonesia has stalled at 50% for the last three decades. This is a bit of a mystery because Indonesia’s economy has grown dramatically over the same period.
Access to clean water remains a huge problem in Zimbabwe and many other African countries.
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The 17 goals seek to end all forms of poverty everywhere by 2030, by achieving 169 targets. Progress in achieving them does not match the hype.
Women smallholder farmers contribute significantly to the Nigerian economy.
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Nigeria needs to adopt gender specific strategies to financially include women smallholders in agriculture.
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All eggs in supermarket Morrisons will soon be free range. But this – and other measures intended to promote ethical consumption – could impact badly on the worst off.
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Short-term schemes make it difficult to assess, but nine basic income-style programmes from Canada to Iran reveal some fascinating outcomes.
Aimee Stephens worked for a Detroit funeral home for six years before telling her employer she wanted to be issued a female uniform.
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In a national survey, transgender individuals had worse employment outcomes, lower incomes and higher rates of poverty than cisgender people.
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It’s time there was a serious policy response to the other key drivers of homicide rates, like poverty and austerity.
The pain of being out of work is hard to bear for many South Africans.
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Unemployed people in South Africa suffer acute distress and more needs to be done to give them social support.
Some mindfulness programs are trying to bring mindfulness to under-served communities and youth in crisis.
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As the practice of mindfulness grows, more thought needs to be given to how it can be used in under-served communities
Rural Americans are more likely than urban Americans to experience disability.
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The Trump administration has proposed a new category that they say will save US$200 million in terminated benefits.
Village Forests can reduce poverty and also deforestation if done properly.
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Village Forests under the Social forestry Scheme can not only reduce poverty but also deforestation, study finds.
A Tanzanian farmer tractor driver in Makuyuni, Arusha, Tanzania.
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Why poverty line data do not capture the ability of Tanzanians to build relatively good houses.
Migrants arriving on board the Aquarius ship of SOS Mediterranee, Palermo, Italy.
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Harsh economic conditions at home and false picture of rosy life in Europe contribute greatly to illegal migration by Nigerian youths
Scene from Ladj Ly’s Les Misérables .
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Ladj Ly’s critically acclaimed new film looks at the misery that binds together its protagonists, and also examines France’s failure to fulfil its obligations toward its most vulnerable citizens.
Untapped energy sources: hydro-power potential is concentrated along the Zambezi River in Zimbabwe.
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Zimbabwe’s energy policy needs to be reconsidered if the country’s electricity shortage is to be resolved.
Your own biases shape what you think about what the poor should eat.
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An often invisible force is undercutting support for policies that help Americans facing economic hardship.
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Children’s eating styles are different in deprived areas.
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Our research has found that staff discussions of Christianity in food banks may put people off using them.
Boris Johnson claimed child poverty has reduced – has it?
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Boris Johnson claimed in a BBC interview that child poverty was going down. An expert on child poverty looked at the data.