Poverty Reduction

Our view

More than a mere shelter

Upgrading slums is one of the crucial issues to provide adequate housing for all

Child brides

An early end to childhood

Despite a law banning marriage under age 18, Malawi is seeing an increase

Corruption

Medical mystery

Thefts of Covid-19 medical supplies highlight Kenya’s corruption problem

Tourism

Travelling close to home

Zambia’s travel industry is pinning its hopes on building up domestic tourism

Social media

Tackling disinformation

Humanitarian workers are confronted with dangerous disinformation regarding health and vaccinations

Humanitarian aid

A time of reckoning

Humanitarian agencies are assessing what privilege, racism and inequality mean within their own ranks

Struggling family

Some cannot afford health worries

India’s poor cannot let worries about Covid-19 reduce their efforts to make money

Child labour

Underage on the job

Despite protective laws, Zimbabwean children are increasingly being put to work

Food insecurity

As in biblical times

East Africa is living with the looming threat of a second invasion of desert locusts

Global data

Poverty is worsening

Why the World Bank expects extreme poverty to increase dramatically this year

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