Employing children as waste pickers lowers costs but exposes them to hazards.
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Marginalised or minority groups seem to suffer the most from heat-related deaths and disease.
Lockdown measures may stop the spread of the virus. But they can also lead to a larger and more protracted public health crisis in the form of deprivation and hunger.
The new coalition government must act quickly to address the kingdom’s massive socio-economic problems, and restore faith in democracy.
That’s the big question at the upcoming UN Climate Change Conference, known as COP27, and it’s controversial.
Punishing attendance problems fails to address the issues facing students, from family responsibilities to barriers related to racism or inadequate support for disabilities.
When people’s homes became cold, their risk of severe mental distress significantly increased.
Many small island nations are struggling to protect their land from rising seas while also facing paralyzing debt.
‘Unlegislating’ poverty demands a new course of action from governments that focuses on the expertise of people living with poverty who understand acutely how public policies fail.
Poorer Australians have shorter life expectancies and are more likely to live with long-term health conditions than their wealthier peers.
Regulating the sex work industry is the only way to protect sex workers from abuse and violence.
Affordability is a question of political and policy priorities. If we want a fair and adequate social security system, we cannot continue cutting the resources of those who already have the least.
Unable to change the country’s vulnerability to shifts in the global and regional economy, the new prime minister Matekane has few economic levers to pull.
The conflation of sex work and human trafficking fuels support for the continued criminalisation of sex work.
South Africa’s land reform programme is designed for a socio-economic context that doesn’t exist.
The new governing coalition enters office amid euphoria and excitement. There are great expectations it will end corruption and fix the ailing economy.
Through songs such as ‘The Pill,’ Lynn addressed issues confronting all women. The country star died on Oct. 4 at age 90.
If governments fail to take action, the cost of living crisis will worsen the impact of the pandemic this winter, and vice versa.
Nigeria must strengthen its democratic institutions and improve governance for economic development.
Basic costs rise steeply for those who can least afford it.
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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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Pro Vice-Chancellor: Climate, Sustainability and Inequality and Director: Southern Centre for Inequality Studies., University of the Witwatersrand
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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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Distinguished Research Fellow, Human Sciences Research Council
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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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Chair professor, Glasgow Caledonian University
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Extraordinary Professor, Department of Political Sciences, University of Pretoria
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Honorary Research Fellow, City Political Economy Research Centre, City, University of London
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Research Fellow, Institute of Development Studies
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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, University of Michigan
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Professor of Development Economics, Monash University
