UN launches reform initiative as it nears its 80th anniversary and faces funding cuts
The U.N. chief is launching a new initiative to reform the United Nations as it approaches its 80th anniversary.
The Spectator Australia2h
End the foreign aid scam
I have long favoured the complete elimination of the foreign aid industry but failed to make much headway in persuading my ...
Narayana Murthy has a solution to end poverty in India. And it's not freebies
Infosys Co-Founder N R Narayana Murthy emphasized that poverty can be eliminated through job creation by innovative ...
The National4h
How do savage benefit cuts fit into Labour’s child poverty strategy?
ONE of the lame excuses trotted out last year and ever since by the UK Labour government and its apologists for not removing the punitive two-child benefit cap was that the government had a more ...
The Big Issue5h
Cuts to benefits would be a 'grave mistake', Keir Starmer warned by his own MPs
Labour MPs have hit back at ministers for plotting disability benefit cuts worth billions of pounds. Instead, they call for a ...
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 ...
Fresno Head Start to end services at several sites due to enrollment declines. Here’s where
Fresno EOC Board of Commissioners voted Feb. 24 to close two sites, terminate contracted services at six Fresno Unified sites ...
Inter Press Service1d
Agriculture for Economic Resilience During Political and Financial Crisis – The Case of Bangladesh
The recent student movement in Bangladesh demanding reform of the quota system for public jobs led a ‘march of the people’ towards the official Residence of the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on 5th of ...
New Hampshire Business Review2d
Without tax credits, NH residents face health coverage ‘subsidy cliff’
Enhanced tax credits that help thousands of Granite Staters better afford federally backed health coverage are set to expire ...
Burlison bill aims to 'end cycle of government dependency' for those on Medicaid, SNAP
In a press release, Rep. Eric Burlison's office said the bill would be expected to "save taxpayers approximately $430 billion ...
Demerara Waves Online News4d
IMF praises Guyana’s cash transfers, strengthened governance of ‘oil money’ fund
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Friday praised Guyana’s cash transfers, saying that it helped to tackle poverty but cautioned the country about the likely impact from lower oil ...
Alabama Political Reporter5dOpinion
Opinion | The battle for civil rights didn’t end in Selma — it still rages on
Selma showed the world that change doesn’t come from waiting — it comes from marching, from pushing, from refusing to be ...