Rethinking capitalism requires that the primary focus should be on the distribution of economic power as the potential leading causal factor driving inequality.
Identity documents are important for access to many public and social services in Indonesia.
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Poverty, vulnerability and discrimination are barriers many Indonesians face in acquiring identity documents.
A child plays in a street in the port village of Paquitequete near Pemba, northern Mozambique. The region suffered decades of neglect, and major gas projects have failed to deliver local benefits.
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Sam Jones, United Nations University and Finn Tarp, University of Copenhagen
The development strategy based on foreign investment in natural resources projects has not delivered economic growth or security. What’s needed is an inclusive vision based on local realities.
Early in the pandemic, countries had to address several questions as the virus spread and lockdowns became inevitable.
Workers at a textile factory in Cape Town, South Africa. Differences between wages and executive pay isn’t currently in the public domain.
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When policymakers reduce electricity scarcity to a few factors like theft and vandalism, to be solved with technology and stiff penalties, they miss other factors that contribute to electricity theft.
Rob Davies, former South African trade and industry minister.
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Rob Davies is critical of economic policy, starting with the Mandela administration. He reserves particular criticism for its macroeconomic policy framework introduced in 1996.
President Biden has proposed spending $45 billion to replace every lead water pipe and service line in the nation. A public health expert explains why he sees this as a worthwhile investment.
Students take their test outside due to their overcrowded class room in Kisumu, Kenya.
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President Biden wants to raise the capital gains tax that wealthy people pay and use the extra revenue to fund new social spending on children and education.
Keeping kids above the poverty line contributes to their stability in adulthood.
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Many studies conducted in recent years tie lower poverty rates for children to better health and higher pay when they grow up.
South Africa’s Constitutional Court is considered the bedrock of the country’s democratic order. Here it is in session in 2019.
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