Israel will withhold Palestinian tax revenues from the Palestinian Authority ‘until further notice’, and not for the first time.
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New research challenges the conventional wisdom that those who enjoy some form of employment and strong support networks are more inclined to attach themselves to a set geography.
Targeting benefits at the most vulnerable sounds like good sense – but a wider support system could be more effective at tackling poverty.
Many grant recipients are young, unemployed, and not necessarily loyal to the governing ANC like older generations.
South Africa’s civil service has failed to implement policies to eradicate poverty, inequality and unemployment.
The study provides reason for optimism about the effects of minimum wage policies on poverty.
Increasing the minimum wage is a temporary fix. Upgrading the skills of Nigerian workers is the surest way of boosting their wages.
The extreme levels of poverty endured by economically inactive people (as highlighted in the government’s own data) are a direct result of deliberate political choices to continually erode benefits.
Can the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) help replace traditional growth measures like GDP?
A social science researcher followed a dozen teens from different neighborhoods in North, West and Northeast Philadelphia, tracking their family histories and heart rates as they navigated daily life.
Social inclusion gives slum dwellers a voice to advocate for their rights and interests, leading to more inclusive and equitable policies and practices.
Punishing parents of truant children misses factors – such as poverty and hunger – keeping some children out of school.
Schools are running food banks because they are faced with growing poverty and families struggling financially.
Legal precedents hold that criminalizing someone for their status, such as being homeless, is cruel and unusual punishment. But what if that status leads to actions like sleeping in public spaces?
Since being introduced in 2016, the UK national living wage has risen to become one of the highest in the world.
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.
Principales colaboradores
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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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Pro Vice-Chancellor: Climate, Sustainability and Inequality and Director: Southern Centre for Inequality Studies., University of the Witwatersrand
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Honorary Research Fellow, City Political Economy Research Centre, City, University of London
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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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Distinguished Research Fellow, Human Sciences Research Council
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Senior Fellow, Department of Agricultural Economics, Stellenbosch University
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Professor of Economics, University of Copenhagen
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Chair professor, Glasgow Caledonian University
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Senior Research Specialist, Human Sciences Research Council
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Research Fellow, Institute of Development Studies
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Professor of Economics, University of Michigan
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Professor of economics, Fordham University
