After fleeing FGM, refugees struggle to make ends meet in Ireland | Refugees
What's your money worth? A series from the front line of the cost-of-living crisis, where people who have been hit hard share their monthly expenses.…
How Emefiele, Nigeria’s powerful central bank chief lost his seat | Business and Economy News
Lagos, Nigeria – Last Friday Nigeria’s new President Bola Tinubu suspended the country’s Central Bank Governor Godwin Emefiele. On Saturday, Nigeria’s secret police confirmed the…
Pakistan lays out budget but may not satisfy IMF | Business and Economy News
The ‘plain-vanilla’ budget is unlikely to satisfy IMF, which could lead to the South Asian nation defaulting on debt. Pakistan’s government will target a budget…
USAID says it is halting all food aid to Ethiopia amid diversions | Hunger News
The aid agency cites ‘a widespread and coordinated campaign’ to divert aid in Ethiopia, where 20 million people are in need. The United States aid…
‘Poor people don’t have friends’: A Pakistani widow’s life | Women
Bhatial, Pakistan – It is 8am on a bright February morning, and Zubeida Begum is walking through the narrow lanes of Bhatial, a quiet rural…
World Bank cuts 2024 global growth forecast as rate hikes bite | Business and Economy News
Two-thirds of developing economies will see lower growth than in 2022, dealing a major setback to coronavirus pandemic recovery. The World Bank has raised its…
Mexico’s deputy finance minister: Can inequality be reduced? | Inequality
Video Duration 25 minutes 05 seconds 25:05 Gabriel Yorio González discusses Mexico’s struggle to deal with economic disparity. According to the World Bank, Mexico is…
World Bank’s new chief asks staff to ‘double down’ on development | World Bank News
Ajay Banga told employees his vision was ‘to create a world free from poverty on a livable planet’. The World Bank’s new president Ajay Banga…
How did Greece go from bankruptcy to economic growth? | Business and Economy
Video Duration 25 minutes 30 seconds 25:30 The economy is recovering after a decade-long debt crisis, but are Greeks feeling the benefits? Nearly a decade…
Nigerians look to president-elect Tinubu for economic turnaround | Business and Economy
Ilorin, Nigeria – On Monday, as Nigeria’s president-elect Bola Tinbu is sworn into office, Olusegun Badmus will be one of several million people watching. But…
Pakistan needs a new vision — an intra-elite war isn’t the answer | Poverty and Development
Crisis is now passé in Pakistan. Admittedly, the current standoff between the authoritarian populist Imran Khan and the military has an element of novelty to it,…
G7 Hiroshima Summit: Who’s attending, what will be discussed? | News
Leaders of the G7 meet in the southern Japanese city of Hiroshima for their annual summit from May 19 – 21. The are expected to…
Rich nations urged to pay $13 trillion in pledges to Global South | Climate Crisis News
Developed countries promised in 2009 to transfer $100bn annually between 2020 and 2025 to climate-vulnerable states – but that target has not been met, British…
IMF’s Georgieva: Are global financial systems failing Africa? | International Monetary Fund
Video Duration 25 minutes 05 seconds 25:05 IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva on how the African Continental Free Trade Area could reduce extreme poverty. For…
Soaring prices hammer Argentinians, businesses | Business and Economy News
Buenos Aires, Argentina — In times like these in Argentina, prices are one thing you cannot guarantee. Ask Diego Barrera and Claudio Cayeta, who own…
Nothing to eat: Why is the world hungrier than ever? | Food
Video Duration 26 minutes 00 seconds 26:00 Global food prices are falling but food insecurity is still on the rise across many countries. We find…
‘My dog works, too’: The 73-year-old vending on Lima’s streets
A vendor in Peru’s capital and his cocker spaniel find ‘life’ on the city's streets as they work hard to earn a living. Source link
Murhaf, 11, raises $230,000 selling flower pins in Sweden | Poverty and Development News
Sales skyrocket after a viral post about the boy, and a racist backlash only brings in more money as people rally behind him. Stockholm, Sweden…
Brazil: Venezuelan migrants find refuge in forest shantytown | Migration News
Sao Paulo, Brazil – Nallelys Gonzalez decided she had to leave Venezuela in 2018. With the country facing economic and social collapse, the hospital where she…
At least 78 killed, dozens injured, in Yemen stampede | Poverty and Development News
Tragedy happened as hundreds crowded into a school in the hope of receiving financial donations being given out by merchants. At least 78 people have…