OC Mediaflipped into GeorgiaGeorgia (Country) Georgia scores worst in South Caucasus in Global Hunger Indexoc-media.org - OC Media Georgia has scored worst among the countries of the South Caucasus in the 2019 Global Hunger Index (GHI). Despite its score worsening slightly since …
Detroit Free Pressflipped into NewsCollege & University College, a way out of poverty, is a distant dream in much of rural Michiganfreep.com - David Jesse "Populations matters in where community colleges are located. Geography matters and transportation matters," he said. Money matters as well — both for …
USA TODAY MoneyPopulation 30 American ghost towns: ZIP codes where homes have vacated the mostUSA TODAY Money - Samuel StebbinsThere are more than 1.5 million vacant single-family houses and condos in the USA. The reasons why these homes are classified as vacant vary. Some are in popular vacation areas and are used only seasonally.
The Guardianflipped into Comment is FreeOpinion The Guardian view on the economics Nobel: worthy winnersThe Guardian - EditorialThe work of Esther Duflo, Abhijit Banerjee and Michael Kremer on poverty deserved this accolade, but both the prize and the discipline need reform Readers of this paper on 6 June 2011 may have spotted
Scrollflipped into VideoNobel Prize Watch: Nobel Prize winner Esther Duflo talks about ‘social experiments to fight poverty’scroll.in - Scroll Staff In this TED Talk, the Nobel laureate discussed the ‘problem of the last mile’ and randomised controlled trials. Support our journalism by subscribing …
Bloombergflipped into BloombergSocial Justice French Yellow Vest Protesters Were Right About Rising InequalityBloomberg - William Horobin The French Yellow Vest protesters who took to the streets in 2018 alleging rising inequality and slamming Emmanuel Macron as a president of the rich …
Chicago Tribuneflipped into OpinionTampons Column: Tampons and pads are just as essential as toilet paper. Let’s work to end period poverty. Now!Chicago Tribune - By Heidi StevensSome day, across this great land, we will treat tampons and sanitary pads the way we do toilet paper. Cashiers won’t feel the need to obscure them in double or triple bags to save the purchaser certain
Economics Three Win Economics Nobel Prize for Revolutionizing Global Poverty Researchslate.com - Elena Botella Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee arrive to a press conference in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on Monday. Scott Eisen/Getty ImagesOn Monday, three …
Mr. Putnamflipped into AP GEOGRAPHYMigration Dr M: Urban poverty due to rural migration, lack of skillsnst.com.my - Adib Povera KUALA LUMPUR: The rise of rural-urban migration and the people’s limited self-development skills have contributed to the growing population of …
Daily Mailflipped into femailLifestyle (UK) Queen Maxima oozes elegance in a royal blue gown as she visits a textile factory in Indiadailymail.co.uk - By Bhvishya Patel For Mailonline Queen Maxima of the Netherlands was positively glowing today as she visited a small textile factory helping people out of poverty in India on her …
Greece One in three Greeks at risk of poverty in 2018ekathimerini.com - info@kathimerini.gr Greece had the European Union’s third highest rate of people at risk of poverty or social exclusion last year, amounting to 31.8 percent, Eurostat …
cleveland.com | The Plain Dealerflipped into Northeast Ohio NewsCleveland, OH How mentoring with Open Table broke my heart -- and why you should join anywaycleveland.com - Leila Atassi CLEVELAND, Ohio – A lifetime in poverty has its own gravitational field. It has a way of holding a person down, tethering them with adversity, system …
European Union Ask our EU leaders to fight extreme poverty.one.org - act.one.org As the newly formed European Parliament comes together, it’s vital that our new leaders make the commitment to help fight extreme poverty and …
Rosalie Frischmannflipped into All Things TechWelfare ‘Digital welfare state’: big tech allowed to target and surveil the poor, UN warnsThe Guardian - Ed PilkingtonUN’s rapporteur on extreme poverty says in devastating account big tech companies are being allowed to go unregulated in ‘human right free-zones’ and not held accountable Nations around the world are zombie-like
Icon version of the Flipboard logoTampons End Period Poverty: Seventh Generation Partners With PERIOD on #NationalPeriodDaycsrwire.com - www.csrwire.com (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Seventh Generation, a leading household and personal care products company and a pioneer in the eco-friendly products space, is …
Malta Those at risk of poverty 'after social transfers’, rises by 1.5% - Newsbooknewsbook.com.mt - Gordon Watson The number of Maltese people at risk of poverty after receiving ‘social transfers’ or benefits, has increased by 1.5% in the decade between 2008 and …
Daily Mirrorflipped into Daily MirrorUniversal Credit Tory DWP chief in furious row as she denies cuts are plunging kids into povertymirror.co.uk - Dan Bloom Thérèse Coffey attacked claims the two-child limit has caused destitution in a stormy hearing before the Work and Pensions Committee The new Tory …
Africa Keep girls in schools to end hunger and poverty, Sachs tells...reuters.com - Thin Lei WinROME (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Keeping girls in schools in Africa is key to lowering the fast-growing continent’s high fertility rates and ultimately ending hunger and poverty, U.S. economist Jeffrey
Income Inequality Raj Chetty Discusses the Fading of the American Dreampbs.org - www.pbs.org CHRISTIANE AMANPOUR: Now, our next guest thinks that he might have the key to reviving the American dream. Raj Chetty is a Harvard University …
The Evening Standardflipped into Opinion | Evening StandardOpinion The Reader: Boost social housing or the vulnerable will sufferstandard.co.uk The issue of housing shortages keeps bouncing back but nothing is done to tackle the crisis, and the main victims are people who rely on affordable …
Business Insiderflipped into StrategyNobel Prize Nobel Prize in economics awarded to Duflo for work in poverty - Business InsiderBusiness Insider - Julia HoodOn Monday the Nobel Prize in economics was awarded to a woman for only the second time in the award's 50-year history. Esther Duflo shared the prize with Abhijit Banerjee, her husband, and Michael Kremer.
World Bank World Bank Liveworldbank.org - live.worldbank.org 11:30 AM - Did you catch our first Global Voices interview? We had a great conversation with President Malpass and learned more about what he …
Canada Affordability top of mind for Mississauga East-Cooksville familiesmississauga.com - Hailey Montgomery Cost of living will be on the minds of many Canadians as they head to the polls, and each party has made promises to make life more affordable for …
Liberal View Reproductive freedom shouldn't begin and end in the courts, 2020 Democrats saydailykos.com - Laura Clawson Democrats are moving away from relying on the courts—the Trump-McConnell-packed courts—to protect reproductive freedom. At Tuesday’s debate, several …
Bangladesh 8 Million People Were Lifted Out of Poverty in Bangladesh in the Last 10 Years: Reportglobalcitizen.org - By Madeleine Keck “Bangladesh has an inspiring story of reducing poverty and advancing development.” Global Citizen campaigns on the United Nations’ Global Goals, which …
The Vergeflipped into The VergeEbola New computer model predicts where Ebola might strike nextThe Verge - Justine CalmaPredicting where Ebola might strike next could become easier, thanks to a new computer model. The model tracks how changes in the environment and in human societies could affect the deadly virus’s spread.
Indiana Impoverished schools are seeing less state funding. Here's how legislators are hoping to bring change.nwitimes.com - Carley Lanich INDIANAPOLIS — Changes could come to the way Indiana directs funds to its poorest schools. In the state’s interim study committee on fiscal policy, …
Modi Banerjee shares views on Modi govt, poverty and taxing rich | News Reel Videos | - India Todaybusinesstoday.in - m.businesstoday.in Indian-American Abhijit Banerjee, who has won the 2019 Nobel Economics Prize, shares his views on Modi government, poverty, its psychological impact …
Indiana Politics Indiana lawmakers look for better ways to identify students living in povertychalkbeat.org - By Emma Kate Fittes Indiana lawmakers, facing criticism that they are underestimating the number of students living in poverty, are looking for a better way to identify …
Murshidabad The Abhijit Banerjee I know: Innovative, enlightening and a great believer in the poornewindianexpress.com - www.newindianexpress.com It has been all about uplifting the poor for Abhijit Banerjee and his wife Esther Duflo who, along with Michael Kremer, were awarded the 2019 Nobel …
