Tax breaks to spur investment in cities like Camden, New Jersey, were meant to reduce poverty.
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A new program uses tax incentives to encourage investors to help revitalize low-income communities. Research on similar programs from the past suggest it doesn’t work to reduce poverty.
The flaws in the political settlement that ended apartheid need urgent attention.
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Mandela’s reconciliation message may have partly reflected his view of the world. But it was also a product of his party, the ANC.
Most South Africans are locked out of economic opportunities.
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The majority of South Africans are separated from the wealthy and formal-sector employed minority.
Picture perfect – for tourists, at least.
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Poorer young people in Varanasi have big ambitions, but no way to reach them – despite the government’s efforts.
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In many of the UK’s seaside towns and former coal mining communities, young people are caught up in cycles of deprivation.
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Despite the prevalence of Fairtrade sugar in UK society, the sugarcane industry remains deeply troubled.
The ANC has had an exceptionally poor track record of governance.
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The removal of Jacob Zuma from power is to be welcomed but, it’s not the answer to South Africa’s problems.
Great growth is possible if small-scale farmers are taken seriously.
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South Africa’s land reform programme will fail if it continues to neglect smallholder farming.
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Why do big events that showcase elite sport fail to motivate people to get active?
Pensioner Katherine Boyi, left, with donated blankets and Agnes Makhubela, with donated maize meal, in Doornkop, Soweto.
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Stories from the ground highlighted the unmet needs of people who are vulnerable and who are left behind.
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The good news to this disturbing figure is that a strategy is in place to address some serious problems, including an end to child poverty by 2030.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. displays the poster to be used during his Poor People’s Campaign in 1968.
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King argued for a national guaranteed income that would keep people out of poverty. Fifty years later, the Poor People’s Campaign still resonates.
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The South African Reserve Bank needs to guide the market on how it is going to treat VAT increase in its inflation targeting approach.
Women presenting their demands to the elected ward of their district.
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To help ensure that environmental and health services are available in slums, Indian women are asserting their rights thanks to solidarity networks and non-confrontational approaches.
Shantytown near Lima, Peru.
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We can’t eradicate TB without also addressing poverty.
A Malagasy girl works on her laptop.
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Laptops have introduced the children of Nosy Komba in Madagascar to previously inaccessible tools.
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South Africa needs a robust economic policy agenda to make it more open, productive and inclusive.
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It’s not the first time a form of urban music from the black community has been purposefully associated with crime by the powers that be.
South Africa needs review policies meant to support people living with disabilities to give them a better deal.
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A new study reveals the challenges faced by people living with disabilities who want to open their own businesses.
Derek Cote, a homeless man, panhandling in the median strip on a street in Portland, Maine.
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The First Amendment protects everything from porn to hateful signs outside military funerals. That includes fundraising pitches of all kinds.