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Many trendy ‘Instagrammable’ foods have a long association with poverty.
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Food poverty is increasingly generating child victims, whose only salvation comes from donations of emergency food provisions.
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The South African child support grant is progressive in its gender-neutrality, yet men make up only 2% of those who collect it.
Young adults and people living in the inner city are among those most likely to be lonely, according to the ABC’s Australia Talks project.
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Loneliness is a bigger cause of death than a poor diet, obesity, alcohol consumption, and lack of exercise, and it’s on a par with heavy smoking. So let’s get talking about it.
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Record numbers of people are in work but the number of those in employment and in poverty is also rising.
Women have to push through barriers to access higher education.
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Women face a number of socio-economic challenges that make it harder for them to access higher education.
Announcement of the Nobel Prize in Economics to Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer (from left to right on the screen) during a press conference held at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm on 14 October 2019.
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The 2019 Nobel Prize in Economics pays tribute to randomized control trials, but can they really help us fight poverty?
Coaches say dedication and sacrifice can help low-resource schools overcome the odds.
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Amid plans to create special sports divisions for high-poverty schools, coaches at such schools explain how they produce championship-winning teams despite having fewer resources.
Alberto Fernández, Argentina’s new president.
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Alberto Fernández has been elected as Argentina’s new president, defeating Mauricio Macri, who was punished for his economic record.
African countries have an opportunity to reduce poverty with new policies.
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If trends continue, 87% of the world’s poorest people will live in sub-Saharan Africa by 2030.
Argentina’s president-elect, Alberto Fernández (right), with his running mate, former president and first lady Cristina Fernández de Kirchner.
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Argentina has voted for change. Alberto Fernández, a 60-year-old lawyer, defeated President Mauricio Macri with a campaign emphasizing economic recovery, social inclusion and national unity.
Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau delivers his speech in Montreal, on October 22, 2019.
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The election results could mean a national pharmacare program will happen, albeit slowly. Canadians can also expect more safe injection sites and money invested in the opioid crisis.
Miners working at Bersham Colliery near Wrexham in Wales, 1960.
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People who moved away from Britain’s coal-mining areas have genetic profiles linked to higher educational attainment and better health than those who stayed.
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As a hugely diverse continent, one thing has united Asia in the last 50 years: economic development.
A man bikes past a tent city in Los Angeles.
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Donald Trump has some ideas about how to end homelessness in the US. Los Angeles’ recent experiences may be an important part of the discussion.
Former Tunisian President Zine El-Abidine Ben Ali.
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Crony capitalism became firmly embedded under Ben Ali, benefiting his family and close friends.
Fish for sale in a Dakar, Senegal.
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Small-scale fisheries buffer poverty and hunger in coastal countries.
Young Australians aged 18 to 26 are 1.8 times more likely to receive welfare if their parents ever received welfare.
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Parental disability, family structure and unemployment are key factors in transmitting disadvantage between generations.
Detroit People’s Food Co-op, opening later this year in a food desert, is an example of a community-driven project.
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Prodded by Michelle Obama and other government leaders, Walmart and other major US retailers vowed to build hundreds of stores in food deserts. What happened?
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, left, with his Nigerian counterpart Muhammadu Buhari in late August in Japan.
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South Africa and Nigeria need to lead policy debates on long term measures to address migration in Africa.