While the COVID-19 pandemic spurred significant progress in expanding rural home internet access, these gains are proving temporary as resources dwindle.
Police detectives sort through evidence after raiding a suspected meth lab.
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The number of people sleeping rough in rural areas has increased by 24% in the last year.
Men and boys, many dressed as women, attacking a turnpike gate in protest at charges at tollgates on public roads in west Wales. The Illustrated London News, 1843.
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High rural poverty rates are driven largely by fuel and transport costs.
Professor Julian May examining food supplies in the home of Brenda Siko, who runs an unregistered early childhood development centre in Worcester’s Mandela Square informal settlement.
Ashraf Hendricks
Boosting income support payments beyond their current austere levels remains a crucial pillar of policy for governments genuinely committed to reducing persistent disadvantage.
Increasing poverty is forcing more women to become farmers in Adamawa State.
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Why poverty line data do not capture the ability of Tanzanians to build relatively good houses.
Chilean police clash with anti-government demonstrators during a protest in Santiago, Chile, Nov. 12, 2019. Santiago is one of a dozen cities worldwide to see mass unrest in recent months.
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Although still hugely popular in rural areas, we found that there is little or no support from the government to develop the local brew industry because it’s viewed as unhygienic and hard to tax.
Ornamental craft made from palm leaves and pine cone in grass baskets are sold in Eswatini.
Deepa Pullanikkatil