Poverty and Development

Latin America faces ‘prolonged crisis’ following pandemic: UN
A UN report on Latin America and the Caribbean warns that nearly 45 percent of youth live below the poverty level.
Published On 24 Nov 2022
Children account for 40 percent of cholera cases in Haiti: UNICEF
UN agency says Haitian children face ‘triple threat’ of malnutrition, cholera and armed violence in crisis-hit nation.
Published On 23 Nov 2022
Soaring food prices hit Thanksgiving dinner plans
Grocery prices and nearly all the ingredients of a traditional Thanksgiving meal are up double-digits since last year.
Published On 23 Nov 2022
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‘We’ll be left without a home’: A family struggles in Sri Lanka
An exorbitant rise in costs means desperate money decisions for a taxi driver and his wife as they support their family.
Published On 23 Nov 2022

In Sudan, where women’s football was banned for 30 years, a coach dreams of taking her male team to the first league.

How a pushcart vendor in Hyderabad manages expenses for his family of six.

These street girls from Bangladesh are striking on the pitch at Qatar’s other World Cup: The Street Child World Cup.

As rising seas and storm flooding threaten more farmland, farmers in climate crisis-hit country revive old practice.

The inside story of Kabul Bank and the nearly $1bn of money laundering and corruption that devastated Afghanistan.

Rights groups and United Nations accuse head of powerful Haitian G9 gang alliance of deadly attacks on civilians.

Meet the local heroes trying to turn Mexico’s most dangerous municipality into an urban utopia.

Protesters hail Dessalines, the leader of the anti-slavery revolution, and reject the deployment of foreign troops.

Study of 22 countries shows children in Russia and Ukraine were most affected by the economic fallout of war, UN says.

Chinese President Xi Jinping is presiding over a new era that prioritises political control over economic development.

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