India is expected to overtake China this decade as the world’s most populous nation. That puts it at the heart of the global challenge to beat climate change.
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South Africans should not panic about the food system. But authorities will need to act swiftly and assertively to restore stability.
New data shows how high prices and low incomes prevent 4 in 10 people worldwide from buying enough nutritious foods for a healthy diet.
The average Nigerian woman or child faces a host of hindrances in accessing health services.
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A study found that poverty rates among households with at least one union member were significantly lower than nonunionized households.
Nigeria needs more industrial production, foreign and domestic investment, not just handouts.
The data shows that attainment gaps in English education at age 16 cannot be attributed to any single factor.
Harsh socio-environmental factors, especially when they happen in the early years of a child’s life, can establish a developmental “biology of misfortune”.
India had the legal ability to classify migrant workers as internally displaced and offer them protection, but instead they were marooned and left to the mercy of fate.
Climate change science dominated by knowledge produced in the global North cannot address the particular challenges faced by those living in the global South.
Many unemployed young people are engaged in a variety of economic activities. These may not necessarily be recognised as a form of self employment or informal employment.
Local institutions and community bonds forged during the turmoil of the 1970s and 1980s helped a vulnerable neighborhood walloped by the pandemic endure.
As the global South transitions to a predominantly urban future, food offers a way to understand the role of cities in future development.
Poverty, vulnerability and discrimination are barriers many Indonesians face in acquiring identity documents.
The task now is to turn the reactive response to the health and economic emergencies into a proactive set of policies and actions.
Early in the pandemic, countries had to address several questions as the virus spread and lockdowns became inevitable.
When policymakers reduce electricity scarcity to a few factors like theft and vandalism, to be solved with technology and stiff penalties, they miss other factors that contribute to electricity theft.
Vested interests have lobbied against climate policy worldwide, but that’s only one reason for the slow political response. While most people want climate action, they rank other issues as more urgent.
The economic and emotional impact of COVID-19 has not been shared equally. Now is the time to start rebalancing that burden.
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Professor of Political Studies, University of Johannesburg
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Professor of Social Development Studies, University of Johannesburg
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Professor of Economics & Business, Allegheny College
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Associate professor at the Centre for Social Development in Africa, University of Johannesburg, University of Johannesburg
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Distinguished Research Fellow, Human Sciences Research Council
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Director of the Roy McKenzie Centre for the Study of Families and Children, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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Pro Vice-Chancellor: Climate, Sustainability and Inequality and Director: Southern Centre for Inequality Studies., University of the Witwatersrand
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Senior Fellow, Department of Agricultural Economics, Stellenbosch University
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Senior Director, Transformation Strategies Department, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), CGIAR System Organization
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Professor of economics, Fordham University
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Senior Research Specialist, Human Sciences Research Council
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Professor of Economics, University of Copenhagen
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Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Professor of Economics, University of Michigan
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Professor of Development Economics, Monash University
