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Lake Malawi is considered a biodiversity treasure because almost all its species occurs nowhere else on the planet.
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Millions of people in Kenya still face poverty. But there's hope.
The World Bank needs to change as part of rethinking the current world order, and giving rising powers and developing countries a meaningful voice.
The high costs of finding work make it difficult for young South Africans to get jobs.
The number of people dying due to climate-led changes in the environment are increasing and the poorest populations remain the hardest hit.
Most of the things Nigerians complained about in 2015 are still unresolved – unemployment, poverty and economic disempowerment.
South Africa needs to urgently step up its efforts to drive economic growth by harnassing the power of the state, as well as the markets.
The Zimbabwean government’s brutal response to protests has dashed hopes for democracy under President Mnangagwa.
A great deal of analysis on South Africa and the ruling ANC seems to be based on wishful thinking, not concrete reality.
The desire to treat all those in poverty via one policy stems from the same impulses that led to reform of poor laws in the 19th century.
The vision set out by Cyril Ramaphosa has the seeds for galvanising South Africans to get back on the right path. But it urgently needs a plan to make it happen.
A look at key data shows that the world is much better off today than ever before in history.
The Conversation played host to really important new ideas in 2018. Some will take years to develop. Others will never come to fruition. But they’re important.
Brazil’s new president – often called the ‘Trump of the tropics’ for his inflammatory, right-wing rhetoric – won over poorer voters by stoking fear and resentment. Can he make them happy?
The United Nations Declaration on sustainable development stresses “leaving no-one behind,” but what about the factors that cause many to be behind in the first place?
New research shows high numbers of people in the UK are working multiple low-paid jobs.
Sahia and her husband hoped to start a life in Singpur, a village in Bangladesh. But the riverside community found climate change made putting down roots impossible.
Education through to the end of high school is a birthright in Australia but many kids are missing out on important parts of that birthright in ways that leave them feeling like losers and outsiders.
The education system needs an urgent re-think to give children from disadvantaged backgrounds a better chance in life.
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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
