Africa Received Billions in U.S. Aid. Here’s What It Will Lose.
The United States spent decades responding to conflicts and disease in Africa. The continent is now expected to be the ...
Poor, indebted countries need collective relief, African leaders say
Growing external debt burdens are crippling the world's poorest countries, a group of former African leaders warned on Thursday as they pushed for a new programme of collective relief from private, ...
Inequality destroys benefits of positive economic growth for the poor, South African district-level data reveals
A unique analysis of district-level data reveals why inequality is so destructive to the home consumption welfare of people ...
Roy L. Prosterman, 89, Dies; Worked to Secure Land for the Rural Poor
Seeing land rights as the key to lifting up the impoverished, he pushed authoritarian governments as well as emerging ...
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FREE BASIC STARLINK TEXTING WOULD BE A HUGE BOOST TO WORLD’S POOR
Free Starlink text communication for poor people in Africa and Asia can double some of their earnings. Poor people can use it ...
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Wright will talk about powering Africa after Trump cut programs that did that
Energy Secretary Chris Wright’s keynote speech on energy poverty will come on the heels of the gutting of Power Africa’s ...
Pope Francis: why his papacy matters for Africa – and for the world’s poor and marginalised
Pope Francis has transformed the church from an institution in which a few called the shots to a church of the people of God.
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Budget 2025 VAT exemptions show Treasury’s disconnect with poor people
Many people buy offal to eat because they cannot afford better cuts of meat. Budget 2025 just emphasises the inequality in ...