Governments acted swiftly to reduce homelessness during the pandemic. Their actions could tell us how to end it permanently.
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Old age poverty is looming for thousands of New Zealanders who are going into retirement without a house, without savings and facing high costs of living.
Experts on poverty in Britain explain how destitution affects different groups of people and aspects of life.
Adults in the US reported the same levels of depression a year into the pandemic as they did at the outset.
Social scientists in Nigeria communicate their research results more among themselves than they do to policymakers and the general public.
Social security reforms are needed that include support for the long-term and chronically unemployed and informal workers.
Nigeria has the largest number of people living in extreme poverty in Africa. Turning the tide requires inclusive growth, value added productivity and strong institutions.
The number of retirees at risk of poverty is growing, making them three times more likely to experience poverty than any other age group.
A liaison group with large financial institutions has worked in the US and the Netherlands.
When it comes to helping students who are homeless during the pandemic, identifying who they are is crucial, says a researcher studying the issue in one of the largest US school districts.
Whereas digital work can bring freedom and flexibility into the lives of workers in Africa, it can also contribute towards their precarity and vulnerability.
Unresolved historical injustices, deepened in new forms, undermined compliance with Ghana’s COVID lockdown.
Many formal sector jobs are increasingly precarious and poorly paid, meaning that formal work is not an avenue to greater social equality for many people.
The sums aren’t adding for South Africa on either the spending or revenue side. It’s a problem that’s developed over time with no action being taken.
The risk from heat waves is about more than intensity – being able to cool off is essential, and that’s hard to find in many low-income areas of the world.
The most affordable homes face the highest risks from disasters for three key reasons.
Adolescence lies between childhood and adulthood, but adolescents are neither big children nor little adults. They have increased food requirements to support their rapid physical growth and maturation.
The levelling up secretary has unveiled some very big ambitions, but there are still more questions than answers.
Despite widespread black poverty caused by unemployment, progress has been made towards the goal of a racially equal society.
The answers to Nigeria’s poor social science research output seem to lie in quantity and quality of personnel, time available for research, funding, support institutions and policy.
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Professor of Political Studies, University of Johannesburg
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Professor of Social Development Studies, University of Johannesburg
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Professor of Economics & Business, Allegheny College
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Senior Fellow, Department of Agricultural Economics, Stellenbosch University
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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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Distinguished Research Fellow, Human Sciences Research Council
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Associate professor at the Centre for Social Development in Africa, University of Johannesburg, University of Johannesburg
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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 Development Economics, Monash University
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Senior Director, Transformation Strategies Department, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), CGIAR System Organization
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Deputy Director at the Southern Centre for Inequality Studies, University of the Witwatersrand
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Chair professor, Glasgow Caledonian University
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Research Fellow, Institute of Development Studies
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Professor of Economics, University of Copenhagen
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Professor of Economics, University of Michigan
