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Health has secured its place as one of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals. But without clear mechanisms to report, finance or engage other sectors, could more end up as less?
Does the definition of self-control – choosing long-term over short-term outcomes – even make sense for people who are short on time, money or both?
On his first visit to the US, Pope Francis will highlight the challenges of poverty and sustainability. A related issue, he acknowledges, is population. So what does that mean for Catholic teaching?
Inequality remains one of South Africa’s major problems. Thomas Piketty’s visit to the country provides an opportunity to explore ways to deal with this problem.
As Western nations increasingly focus elsewhere, the battle for Afghanistan rages on.
A review of South Africa’s methodology to measure poverty shows that 60% of people in the country are poor. This is way higher than the figures that are usually quoted.
The international executive director of Greenpeace, Kumi Naidoo, explains why he believes the big global challenges cannot be tackled in isolation.
Childhood poverty is growing among some groups of Asian Americans.
One in five workers in South Africa is poor. The plight of the working poor has wide implications. Employers have a responsibility to ensure a minimum level of decent wages.
The South African government should weigh its decision carefully whether to increase value added tax (VAT) as indirect taxes fall most heavily on the poor and the middle class.
Measures of household wealth don’t go far enough in identifying those most at risk of being excluded from society, or in explaining the level of exclusion they face.
MPs will vote Monday on a welfare bill which imagines a world where work is a gilded path away from poverty.
Communities must be involved if technology and innovations designed to alleviate poverty are to be effective.
While still host to some of the world’s most unequal countries, Latin America is making strides where Europe and the US are falling behind.
As more foreign aid starts going to higher education, developing countries need to be careful about the direction of travel for their universities.
After months of speculation, we now know how the Chancellor plans to save £12bn from the welfare budget.
Why does suburban drug dealing tend to skirt the rampant violence of inner-city drug dealing?
For over 500 years, the drug has been associated with racism and poverty.
With 17% of children living in poverty in the UK, the government wants to change the way it’s defined.
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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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Pro Vice-Chancellor: Climate, Sustainability and Inequality and Director: Southern Centre for Inequality Studies., University of the Witwatersrand
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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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Director of the Roy McKenzie Centre for the Study of Families and Children, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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Professor of Economics, University of Michigan
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Senior Director, Transformation Strategies Department, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), CGIAR System Organization
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Professor of economics, Fordham University
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Honorary Research Fellow, City Political Economy Research Centre, City, University of London
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Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Deputy Director at the Southern Centre for Inequality Studies, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor of Development Economics, Monash University
