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There are valuable lessons to be learned from the England of the 1600s.
Policies, if implemented, would drive the agricultural sector’s growth in ways that would benefit all.
‘Smart’ solutions to urban solid waste are creating serious challenges for low-income women waste workers in India.
Our experts weigh up the winners and losers in a budget that had to balance an immediate cost-of-living crisis with long-term ambitions for health and climate change.
Restricting abortion access has negative effects on parents, as well as children and families, including increased poverty, unemployment, pregnancy-related deaths and higher health risks in children.
Although there is strength in diversity, members of ethnic groups in power distributing resources to members of their ethnic group at the expense of national growth entrench poverty in Africa.
How employers benefit from paying higher wages.
Poverty reduction targets have largely failed to account for the pandemic or the cost of living crisis. This week’s budget seems unlikely to change that.
A new study finds that by 2030, less than one-third of the world’s major crop harvests will go directly to feed people.
The deal undermines every human being’s right to seek asylum and commitments enshrined in the Refugee Convention.
Basic income should form part of a practical comprehensive plan for eliminating poverty in Canada.
Boosting income support payments beyond their current austere levels remains a crucial pillar of policy for governments genuinely committed to reducing persistent disadvantage.
Most exit the out-of-home care system at 18, or younger, without ongoing support.
Russia’s invasion isn’t only devastating the lives of ordinary Ukrainians but is also disrupting global supply chains and increasing poverty around the world.
More than a third of people living in South Africa’s richest province Gauteng can’t afford to buy enough food.
Experts say making meals available to all students reduces the stigma associated with a free lunch.
In the face of rising food prices in Nigeria, many salary earners have had to change the quality of foodstuff they buy or opt for cheaper alternatives.
Kibaki’s goals were to expand access to education, and to make universities more efficient and self-sustaining.
Freedom Day needs to be used by South Africans to renew their commitment to correcting their country’s faults.
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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, University of the Witwatersrand
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Associate professor at the Centre for Social Development in Africa, University of Johannesburg, University of Johannesburg
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Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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