Poor indoor air on tribal lands can cause a range of respiratory illnesses, including viral infections. Here’s how people are fixing the problem while preserving traditional ways.
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Most would have preferred to at least have the option of choosing equivalent amounts of money instead
Monthly payments to families with children could lift millions of US children out of poverty.
Scotland has recently experienced a dramatic increase in drug-related deaths among its poorest. Now new research has translated directly into policy change.
Aung San Suu Kyi’s government did not have a perfect environmental record. But at least things were starting to change.
Whites lived well under apartheid and it is not absurd for black leaders to want all to live in the same way.
Adopting a universal basic income requires a fundamental restructuring of the existing social safety net in Canada, and would not necessarily conquer income inequality and poverty.
The COVID-19 pandemic has worsened unemployment and poverty, showing the need for the government to permanently expand income support to working-age adults.
A new federal antipoverty program for both rural and urban areas is part of the solution, but the power of Big Ag, lack of internet and struggling towns need attention, too.
Although Niger’s quest for entrenching democracy is a good development, poverty and insecurity are obstacles.
US cities began naming streets in Black neighborhoods for Martin Luther King Jr. after his 1968 assassination. Researchers studying these areas 50 years later found entrenched deprivation.
The country still has a way to go in addressing the challenges of social inequity. But there has been some progress in every sphere of government.
The creation of resources that are shared, accessible, and collectively owned and managed by communities has become a way for social entrepreneurs to contribute to community development.
New Zealand scores well against other countries — especially over its handling of the pandemic — but there are still areas that need improving.
Dayton Children’s Hospital has begun to screen patients and their families for food insecurity, referring many of them to its ‘Food Pharm.’
Stunned by the health crisis, the United States is marked by a sharp rise in inequality. Between the beginning and the end of his mandate, Donald Trump will indeed have seen the country become poorer.
Interviews with a diverse range of young people in Edinburgh and London, aged 18-26, reveal their experiences both before and during the pandemic.
A study of 800 Black American families shows early experiences of racism have long-term consequences for physical and mental health.
Your view depends on whether you see poverty as the result of individual or policy failings.
The government has boosted funding for mental health services in light of the pandemic. But will these extra services get to where they are most needed?
Principales colaboradores
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Professor of Social Development Studies, University of Johannesburg
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Professor of Political 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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Associate professor at the Centre for Social Development in Africa, University of Johannesburg, University of Johannesburg
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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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Distinguished Research Fellow, Human Sciences Research Council
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Peter Whiteford es Amigo de The Conversation.
Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Senior Director, Transformation Strategies Department, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), CGIAR System Organization
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Honorary Research Fellow, City Political Economy Research Centre, City, University of London
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Research Fellow, Institute of Development Studies
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Professor of Development Economics, Monash University
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Professor of Economics, University of Michigan
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Professor of economics, Fordham University
