More: Poverty
Turning the Tide at the G7 – School Meals for a Hungry World
These are dark days for international development. The UN’s 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), with their promise of a world free of extreme poverty...
Between the IMF’s Hammer and the EU’s Green Wall: The Neocolonial Scandal Behind Africa’s Poverty
Since the debt crisis hit developing countries in the 1980s, the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank have introduced structural adjustment programs in...
Breaking the Poverty Trap: AI as the Conscience of Green Development
Poverty is often reduced to income. Yet lived poverty is far more complex. It is shaped by overlapping deprivations in health, education, and living...
Syria Eyes Economic Rebound as Sanctions Ease and Refugees Return
Syria is emerging from a 14-year civil war and attempting to re-enter the global financial system following the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime last...
A Generation at Risk: The World Must Urgently Invest in Children’s Education
Authors: Nafisa Binte Shafique and Said Yasin*
Every morning, a child somewhere in the world wakes to a day shaped by choices they did not...
Can China’s Secret to Ending Poverty Work in Pakistan?
Poverty is perceived to be a plague that slices off the hands of a society, crippling the economy’s ability to grow while also exacerbating...
Migration through the Mediterranean: A Perilous Passage
The history of migration in Africa is deep-rooted and multifaceted, with significant dark chapters including the Atlantic slave trade and colonial labor movements which...
Sahel: Africa’s Most Crisis-Prone Region
The Sahel is the semi-arid region of Africa, that separates the Sahara Desert to the north and Savannas to the south and stretches from...
Poverty trap: some jobs are no protection against destitution
Many working people in Europe are at risk of economic hardship, prompting EU researchers to seek policy answers.
By Ali Jones
For Lineke Smit, poverty in...
A Call to Action: Addressing the Youth, Poverty, and Unemployment Crisis in Pakistan
Youth is one of the most crucial driving forces in a country’s internal and external development. They make up a large chunk of the...