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The unanticipated popularity of the Korean show ‘Squid Game’ highlights our relationship to debt and capitalism, but the contradictions extend beyond the show itself.
We spoke to poor M-Pesa customers in Kenya who said it had changed their lives.
Public investments in benefit programs could save tens of thousands of children from being victims of child abuse and have important later-life effects on child welfare and overall health.
There’s a crucial need to connect the most vulnerable people with public services in order to tackle systemic poverty and disadvantage. An integrated approach is key.
President Alpha Condé’s pursuit of mining interests during the Ebola crisis may have foreshadowed his demise as he tightened his grip over power and plundered the state’s wealth.
For Indigenous Peoples Day, a scholar of Native American studies explains why understanding the tragic history of Indian boarding schools is important for healing to take place.
Most farmers experienced reduced demand and lower prices for their produce. There were also disruptions to production.
The temporary increase to benefits was a lifeline for families during the pandemic.
Hot, humid population centers are becoming epicenters of heat risk as climate changes worsens. It’s calling into question the conventional wisdom that urbanization uniformly reduces poverty.
Being on universal credit affects people in more ways than just financial.
The end of the temporary uplift means many household budgets will no longer meet the minimum income standard.
Madrassas don’t just provide an education that may lead to terrorism. They provide critical financial support to impoverished people.
Corruption and fraud make a few rich households richer. But the already poor and low-skilled lose their jobs and become poorer.
Almost all the people in the study were experiencing feelings like anxiety, worry, anger, boredom or frustration.
If the Economic Community of West African States is to be a champion for good governance, it should address the root causes of political instability and coups.
Inequality within developing countries continues to rise.
The ANC did not create most of the patterns for which it is blamed. But it has done far too little to change them and often seems happy simply to live with them.
A new analysis shows how government policy led to thousands more overcrowded households in the years ahead of the pandemic.
Young people living in the challenging contexts of urban informal settlements may be more at risk of experiencing generalised anxiety disorder.
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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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Professor of Political Studies, University of Johannesburg
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Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Professor, Sol Plaatje University
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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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Senior Fellow, Department of Agricultural Economics, Stellenbosch University
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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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Professor of Economics, Fordham University
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Senior Research Fellow, World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER), United Nations University
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DSTI/NRF Research Chair in Welfare and Social Development, University of Johannesburg
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Distinguished Research Fellow, Human Sciences Research Council
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Honorary Research Fellow, City Political Economy Research Centre, City St George's, University of London
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Dean of the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Pretoria
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Senior Researcher, Southern Centre for Inequality Studies, University of the Witwatersrand