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If the ban on girls’ education in Afghanistan persists, consequences could include higher rates of abuse, the spread of extremism and billions of dollars in economic loss.
Coastal fishing communities in west Africa face increased poverty as fish stocks decline.
Voters, city council and even local business leaders have tried to raise the city’s minimum wage, but face pushback from the state legislature in Harrisburg.
Chipo’s story gives the perspective of a parent forced to leave a young child behind to provide for him.
News that four of the suspects in the Moscow terror attacks are Tajik will likely result in further demonization against people already facing poverty and discrimination, despite a glorious history.
Nigeria’s sudden and total removal of fuel subsidies was not the best strategy to use.
A study of more than 100 teens and their caregivers showed a unique link between hardship and behavior problems.
Rather than helping the families in greatest need, the policy punishes them.
A new UN report finds that the true global cost of producing food is $12.7 trillion more than consumers pay at the checkout counter. We pay those uncounted costs in other ways.
No other 20th-century American novel did quite so much to burnish Brooklyn’s reputation. But Smith rarely saw her hometown through rose-colored glasses − and even grew to resent it.
Marriage on its own won’t do away with child poverty, and in fact it can create even more instability for low-income families.
The president’s speech couldn’t cover up for the fact that the last five years have been among the most difficult for ordinary South Africans.
We investigated whether rates of children in care have been growing or falling across all English local authorities according to their party political leadership.
Charity advertising often reinforces historical stereotypes of underdevelopment that equate Africa with poverty.
The film is run through with an unflinching belief in the power communities wield and the tangible limits they face.
Some aspects of Argentine President Javier Milei’s programme resemble the far right, but others do not. Without excluding him from this movement, we should recognize there are differences.
The World Bank used a tool known as purchasing power parity to make its calculations. An improved methodology suggests China’s pro-market reforms increased rather than shrank extreme poverty.
People living in the poorest parts of England were at a more than 70% higher risk of dying from cancer compared to those living in more affluent areas.
A UBI pilot in Wales gives a sum of money to young people leaving the care system. But it won’t be rolled out beyond its trial period.
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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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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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Associate professor at the Centre for Social Development in Africa, University of Johannesburg, University of Johannesburg
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Senior Fellow, Department of Agricultural Economics, Stellenbosch University
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Distinguished Research Fellow, Human Sciences Research Council
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Senior Research Specialist, Human Sciences Research Council
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Extraordinary Professor, Department of Political Sciences, University of Pretoria
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Professor of Economics, University of Copenhagen
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Chair professor, Glasgow Caledonian University
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Peter Whiteford is a Friend of The Conversation.
Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Professor of Development Economics, Monash University
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Professor of Economics, University of Michigan
