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Poverty
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How social structure influences the way people share money
A new study shows that belonging to age-based groups, common in some global regions, influences finances and health.…
Gates Foundation’s Annual Goalkeepers Report Shows COVID-19 Has Stalled 20 Years of Progress, Calls for Global Response to End the Pandemic
Report shows how economic damage has reinforced inequities and derailed achievement of the UN Sustainable Development Goals; spotlights…
7 Expert Perspectives On What COVID-19 Means For The Planet
Experts agree that the legacy of the COVID-19 pandemic will be with us for years, even after the…
Global Poverty: Coronavirus Could Drive It Up For The First Time Since The 1990s
As COVID-19 slows in developed countries, the virus’s spread is speeding up in the developing world. Three-quarters of…
How COVID-19 Is Reversing The Progress In The Fight Against Global Poverty
Various forecasts suggest that years worth of poverty reduction are slowly being negated by COVID-19. Forecasts from multiple…
Black Americans Mostly Left Behind By Progress Since Dr. King’s Death
On Apr. 4, 1968, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee, while assisting striking sanitation…
Urban Unrest Propels Global Wave Of Protests
Numerous anti-government protests have paralyzed cities across the globe for months, from La Paz, Bolivia, to Santiago, Chile,…
The Most Valuable Tool For Ending Poverty? Data.
The data revolution is under way, and data has impacted how we buy, work, live—even how we love.…
Seven Charts That Show The World Is Actually Becoming A Better Place
Swedish academic Hans Rosling has identified a worrying trend: not only do many people across advanced economies have…
What’s Making the United States Poverty Rate Drop?
Over the last five years, the poverty rate in the United States has begun to drop steadily, possibly hinting…
Slavery Was Never Abolished – It Affects Millions, And You May Be Funding It
When we think of slavery, many of us think of historical or so-called “traditional forms” of slavery –…
How To Help Homeless People – Without Feeding A Habit
A new scheme called Greater Change lets homeless people crowdfund for concrete goals using a QR code and…
Why Cities Rule The World
Cities are the 21st century’s dominant form of civilization — and they’re where humanity’s struggle for survival will take place.…
Don’t Demonise Beggars. It Won’t Solve The Problem Of Homelessness
People do not choose to end up on the streets. Only by treating them as human beings can…
The Solution To Poverty Is Opportunity, Not Charity
Treating symptoms is not enough. When we fall ill, our bodies give us symptoms to signal to our brains…
World Poverty Has Plummeted—But Will It Ever Disappear?
Few will deny that the past few years have been rough. But believe it or not, we’re still…
This Striking Feature Of Manila Makes It An Emblematic Global City
Tokyo, London, New York, Paris, Manila. Few would think of Manila atop a list of the 21st century’s…
Algorithms Are Making American Inequality Worse
In a new book, political scientist Virginia Eubanks says using computers to decide who gets social services hurts…
To Stop Migration, Stop The Abuse Of Africa’s Resources
Europe should tackle migration not by deploying troops, but by curbing economic abuse and destablisation. On January 17,…
Can Education Become Truly Egalitarian Worldwide?
The recent Dakar (Senegal) international summit on education concluded on February 3 with the hope to raise $3.1 billion “over…
How Can We Bridge The Widening Global Inequality Gap?
For the past five years, I have carried Oxfam’s call to tackle global inequality to the rich and…
When Cheap Housing Becomes A Cause For Crisis In The US
This is a problem that transcends the rural-urban divide. The affordable housing crisis has spared no county—rural or…
When Robot Drone Fly To Discover The Inequities Of Its Makers
Although South Africa’s apartheid era ended more than twenty years ago, there is still a palpable economic tension…
Africa: Grow Your Lands, Grow Prosperity
The recovery and acceleration of economic growth in sub-Saharan Africa since about 1995 has been widely recognised. But…
The Promise Of Youth Weighed Down By Its Environment
Researchers tracked hundreds of students in Baltimore to find out what top achievers had that others didn’t. Despite…
To End Poverty, We Need To Know What We Don’t Know About Women & Girls
Women make up almost half the world’s labor force and perform most of its unpaid care work, for…
Gary Haugen : The Hidden Reason For Poverty The World Needs To Address Now
Collective compassion has meant an overall decrease in global poverty since the 1980s, says civil rights lawyer Gary…
Dan Ariely : How Equal Do We Want The World To Be? You’d Be Surprised
The news of society’s growing inequality makes all of us uneasy. But why? Dan Ariely reveals some new,…
A Solution To Youth Unemployment Path In Africa & The World
Today’s Africa faces a complex mix of challenges and promise. With almost 200 million youth ages 15 to…
The City As Cause & Cure For Its Own Sickness
Do cities make us sick? A century ago, it went without saying that they did. With their teeming…
How Poverty & Hunger Needs Work With Dignity & Decency
Jomo Kwame Sundaram is the Coordinator for Economic and Social Development at the UN Food and Agriculture Organization…
The Hard Work Of Pope Francis’ Balancing Act
On his first visit to the United States, as well as addressing a joint session of Congress, Pope…
On The Edge Of Existence, The City Of Timbuktu
What is life like in Mali’s ‘city in the middle of nowhere’? Guardian photographer Sean Smith recently spent…
The Top 10 Richest Cities With Serious Poverty Issues
The ten cities listed here are some of the richest and most cultured cities in the world. They…
What Urban Design Can Actually Do To Address Police Violence
Leaders in the field discuss what design can—and can’t—accomplish in the service of communities like Baltimore and Ferguson.…
How Transit Mismanagement Drives Poverty
Trains of the Metro Rail Transit (MRT) are “five times more deadly” than those in other countries, an…
How To Raise Awareness About Population Explosion
How do you raise awareness about population explosion? One group thought that the simplest way would be to…
51 Breakthrough Technologies To Defeat Poverty
Simple technologies like Kenya’s M-Pesa mobile money system can have a huge impact in the developing world. Offering…