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13 Feb 20
Throughout Asia and the world, digital solutions are being found for urban problems. Policymakers and city leaders should ensure that the poor do not get left behind in this digital transformation of...
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10 Feb 20
Many areas are being ‘left behind’ in the Middle East and North Africa, with location regularly forming a barrier to prosperity for the region’s citizens, a World Bank report has found.
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4 Feb 20
Money the EU should be spending on fostering security and resilience in Africa is increasingly being used to close borders and stifle migration, Oxfam researchers have revealed.
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30 Jan 20
Homelessness in the world’s richest countries is a problem we do not fully understand, but it will need radical solutions, an expert has told PF Focus.
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27 Jan 20
Child malnutrition costs The Gambia 5.1% of its annual GDP, according to a new study.
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24 Jan 20
There have been fears that the legendary status of Scandinavian social welfare was starting to slip, but closer inspection suggests that it is merely being restyled to face fresh challenges.
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24 Jan 20
South Africa’s post-apartheid constitution is arguably one of the best in the world, but public money is still not used as well as it could be to improve the lives of women and girls.
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24 Jan 20
The UN’s Sustainable Development Goals set ambitious targets for a world without poverty, hunger and pollution. Three years on from their adoption, what progress has been made and how is it best...
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21 Jan 20
The global tax system needs to be reformed to help address huge levels of inequality, a campaign group has said.
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15 Jan 20
A UN official has blasted the Lebanese government for watching the economy collapse, amid a political and financial crisis that has lasted for months.
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10 Jan 20
China made big progress on eliminating poverty in 2019, with one province claiming that just 17 of its 80 million residents were living under the poverty line.
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8 Jan 20
Progressive taxation is one of several measures that could help reduce the inequality that has become entrenched in society worldwide, argues IMF managing director Kristalina Georgieva.
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17 Dec 19
Many rural areas in the Asia Pacific region will have internet access for the first time after a new satellite was launched.
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17 Dec 19
Estonia has been urged to use its robust economic growth and strong public finances to improve income equality and wellbeing.
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12 Dec 19
Poverty reduction is slowing in Tanzania despite sustained economic growth, the World Bank has warned.
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11 Dec 19
Corruption is a barrier to creating a better, fairer and more equal society, a top UN official has said.
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10 Dec 19
Inequalities surrounding education, climate change and technology could trigger a “new great divergence” in society of a scale not seen since the Industrial Revolution, the United Nations Development...
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26 Nov 19
Young people in Africa hold the key to the continent’s economic transformation, the chief economist of the African Development Bank has said.
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25 Nov 19
Global ‘prosperity’ is at its highest ever level but the gap between the strongest and weakest performing countries is widening, according to a think-tank.
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19 Nov 19
Representatives from UK political parties have disagreed over whether to maintain aid spending at the current level of 0.7% of gross national income.
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14 Nov 19
Adult obesity has tripled in Latin America and the Caribbean since 1975, although hunger is growing, a UN report has found.
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11 Nov 19
Germany’s coalition partners have reached an agreement on a pensions issue that threatened to derail the country’s government.
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8 Nov 19
The World Bank has warned the Lebanese president that poverty could rise by half if the economic situation in the country worsens.
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5 Nov 19
A ‘local farms-to-school-meals’ supply chain in Tunisia will support the region’s economy and make sure children receive enough nutrition to meet their potential, the World Food Programme hopes.
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1 Nov 19
Investment in the digital economy will help enhance Kenya’s reputation as the “silicon savannah”, and narrow the rural-urban economic divide, according to World Bank economists.
13 Feb 20Throughout Asia and the world, digital solutions are being found for urban problems. Policymakers and city leaders should ensure that the poor do not get left behind in this digital transformation of...
10 Feb 20Many areas are being ‘left behind’ in the Middle East and North Africa, with location regularly forming a barrier to prosperity for the region’s citizens, a World Bank report has found.
4 Feb 20Money the EU should be spending on fostering security and resilience in Africa is increasingly being used to close borders and stifle migration, Oxfam researchers have revealed.
30 Jan 20Homelessness in the world’s richest countries is a problem we do not fully understand, but it will need radical solutions, an expert has told PF Focus.
27 Jan 20Child malnutrition costs The Gambia 5.1% of its annual GDP, according to a new study.
24 Jan 20There have been fears that the legendary status of Scandinavian social welfare was starting to slip, but closer inspection suggests that it is merely being restyled to face fresh challenges.
24 Jan 20South Africa’s post-apartheid constitution is arguably one of the best in the world, but public money is still not used as well as it could be to improve the lives of women and girls.
24 Jan 20The UN’s Sustainable Development Goals set ambitious targets for a world without poverty, hunger and pollution. Three years on from their adoption, what progress has been made and how is it best...
21 Jan 20The global tax system needs to be reformed to help address huge levels of inequality, a campaign group has said.
15 Jan 20A UN official has blasted the Lebanese government for watching the economy collapse, amid a political and financial crisis that has lasted for months.
10 Jan 20China made big progress on eliminating poverty in 2019, with one province claiming that just 17 of its 80 million residents were living under the poverty line.
8 Jan 20Progressive taxation is one of several measures that could help reduce the inequality that has become entrenched in society worldwide, argues IMF managing director Kristalina Georgieva.
17 Dec 19Many rural areas in the Asia Pacific region will have internet access for the first time after a new satellite was launched.
17 Dec 19Estonia has been urged to use its robust economic growth and strong public finances to improve income equality and wellbeing.
12 Dec 19Poverty reduction is slowing in Tanzania despite sustained economic growth, the World Bank has warned.
11 Dec 19Corruption is a barrier to creating a better, fairer and more equal society, a top UN official has said.
10 Dec 19Inequalities surrounding education, climate change and technology could trigger a “new great divergence” in society of a scale not seen since the Industrial Revolution, the United Nations Development...
26 Nov 19Young people in Africa hold the key to the continent’s economic transformation, the chief economist of the African Development Bank has said.
25 Nov 19Global ‘prosperity’ is at its highest ever level but the gap between the strongest and weakest performing countries is widening, according to a think-tank.
19 Nov 19Representatives from UK political parties have disagreed over whether to maintain aid spending at the current level of 0.7% of gross national income.
14 Nov 19Adult obesity has tripled in Latin America and the Caribbean since 1975, although hunger is growing, a UN report has found.
11 Nov 19Germany’s coalition partners have reached an agreement on a pensions issue that threatened to derail the country’s government.
8 Nov 19The World Bank has warned the Lebanese president that poverty could rise by half if the economic situation in the country worsens.
5 Nov 19A ‘local farms-to-school-meals’ supply chain in Tunisia will support the region’s economy and make sure children receive enough nutrition to meet their potential, the World Food Programme hopes.
1 Nov 19Investment in the digital economy will help enhance Kenya’s reputation as the “silicon savannah”, and narrow the rural-urban economic divide, according to World Bank economists.
