Economic growth is a red herring if economies can’t stop themselves shrinking more and more.
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A new system of carers’ leave would allow middle-aged Australians to care for their ageing parents while staying in the workforce.
The effect is the transfer of wealth away from the poorest workers.
Many trendy ‘Instagrammable’ foods have a long association with poverty.
Food poverty is increasingly generating child victims, whose only salvation comes from donations of emergency food provisions.
The South African child support grant is progressive in its gender-neutrality, yet men make up only 2% of those who collect it.
Loneliness is a bigger cause of death than a poor diet, obesity, alcohol consumption, and lack of exercise, and it’s on a par with heavy smoking. So let’s get talking about it.
Record numbers of people are in work but the number of those in employment and in poverty is also rising.
Women face a number of socio-economic challenges that make it harder for them to access higher education.
The 2019 Nobel Prize in Economics pays tribute to randomized control trials, but can they really help us fight poverty?
Amid plans to create special sports divisions for high-poverty schools, coaches at such schools explain how they produce championship-winning teams despite having fewer resources.
Alberto Fernández has been elected as Argentina’s new president, defeating Mauricio Macri, who was punished for his economic record.
If trends continue, 87% of the world’s poorest people will live in sub-Saharan Africa by 2030.
Argentina has voted for change. Alberto Fernández, a 60-year-old lawyer, defeated President Mauricio Macri with a campaign emphasizing economic recovery, social inclusion and national unity.
The election results could mean a national pharmacare program will happen, albeit slowly. Canadians can also expect more safe injection sites and money invested in the opioid crisis.
People who moved away from Britain’s coal-mining areas have genetic profiles linked to higher educational attainment and better health than those who stayed.
As a hugely diverse continent, one thing has united Asia in the last 50 years: economic development.
Donald Trump has some ideas about how to end homelessness in the US. Los Angeles’ recent experiences may be an important part of the discussion.
Crony capitalism became firmly embedded under Ben Ali, benefiting his family and close friends.
Small-scale fisheries buffer poverty and hunger in coastal countries.
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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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Associate professor at the Centre for Social Development in Africa, University of Johannesburg, University of Johannesburg
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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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Director of the Roy McKenzie Centre for the Study of Families and Children, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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Distinguished Research Fellow, Human Sciences Research Council
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Senior Research Specialist, Human Sciences Research Council
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Professor of Economics, University of Copenhagen
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Chair professor, Glasgow Caledonian University
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Research Fellow, Institute of Development Studies
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Honorary Research Fellow, City Political Economy Research Centre, City, University of London
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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
