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Our research has found that staff discussions of Christianity in food banks may put people off using them.
Boris Johnson claimed in a BBC interview that child poverty was going down. An expert on child poverty looked at the data.
Economic growth is a red herring if economies can't stop themselves shrinking more and more.
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.
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Professor of Political Studies, University of Johannesburg
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Chair professor, Glasgow Caledonian University
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Director: Environment and Production Technology Division, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), CGIAR System Organization
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Extraordinary Professor, Department of Political Sciences, University of Pretoria
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Professor of Economics, University of Michigan
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Professorial Fellow, Jumbunna IHL, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Dean of Commerce, Law and Management, University of the Witwatersrand
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Non-Resident Senior Research Fellow, World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER), United Nations University
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Lecturer of Finance, Graduate School of Business (GSB), University of Cape Town
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Professor of Economics, Fordham University
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Research Professor in Social Policy, UNSW
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Associate Professor, Centre for Urban Transitions and Director, Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute Swinburne Research Centre, Swinburne University of Technology
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Associate Professor, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, Australian National University
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
