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A new housing study suggests that eviction records are not merely a reflection of renters’ instability − they are also a cause of it.
Tracing the experiences of 6,000 mothers, new research shows how money, stress and excessive use of screens can affect the preschool behavioural development of their children.
The African story is not just about conflict, corruption, poverty, poor leadership, bad politics and disease. Its coverage should be more nuanced.
Fast population growth has left more people in flood-prone areas of Gulf Coast communities, including Houston and New Orleans. Often, those residents at most risk are the most socially vulnerable.
About 1 in 9 Americans are facing poverty today. But more than half of the people residing in the US will experience poverty at some point in their adult lives.
Several of Ghana’s water bodies and forests have been destroyed by illegal small-scale mining.
World Bank president Ajay Banga is in Australia to secure funding for sustainable economic development and critical infrastructure in the world’s poorest nations.
This trend may surprise you, given the attention the public, policymakers, politicians and the media paid to food insecurity at the height of the pandemic.
We should not be surprised to see businesses like H&T doing well as living costs continue to rise.
Gov. Tim Walz used geographic information systems as a schoolteacher. How will that experience come into play if he and Kamala Harris win the White House in November?
A poverty expert debunks the false narratives that hold back disadvantaged entrepreneurs.
South Africa’s use of competition law to achieve socio-economic objectives is justified, but its implementation lacks coherence and adds undue costs for companies.
It happens in journalism and it happens in the arts. But in Congress – where just 2% of representatives held blue-collar or service-industry jobs before entering politics – it’s rampant.
The ecological transition can sometimes work to the detriment of marginalized communities. Any approach to climate action must take issues of equity and justice into account.
Mapping daily temperature variations across the US revealed stark differences between wealthy and poor neighborhoods, and large differences by race.
The introduction of breakfast clubs for all primary school children is welcome, but the government should go further in providing free school meals.
Rampant inflation and stagnant wages have led to a record low in the level of Argentina’s beef consumption.
South Africans would have wanted to hear President Cyril Ramaphosa spell out how the unity government will address poverty and unemployment.
Addressing the high UPF consumption among adolescents is crucial, as dietary habits formed during this period can persist into adulthood.
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Professor of Social Development Studies, University of Johannesburg
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Professor of Political 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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Director of the Roy McKenzie Centre for the Study of Families and Children, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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Honorary Research Fellow, City Political Economy Research Centre, City, University of London
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Associate professor at the Centre for Social Development in Africa, University of Johannesburg, University of Johannesburg
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Senior Fellow, Department of Agricultural Economics, Stellenbosch University
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Distinguished Research Fellow, 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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Senior Research Specialist, Human Sciences Research Council
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Research Fellow, Institute of Development Studies
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Professor of Economics, University of Michigan
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Professor of economics, Fordham University
