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South Africa has been warned that it faces an 'Arab Spring': so what are the chances?

Former South African President Thabo Mbeki recently launched a sharp critique of the governing African National Congress (ANC) for failure to address what it has labelled the triple challenge of poverty, unemployment and inequality.

The Conversation

Editorial: Elderly poor should top college students for aid

“Don’t tell me what you value. Show me your budget, and I’ll tell you what you value.” –Joe Biden

Boston Herald

Reducing poverty and inequality should be ‘urgent public health necessity’

Poverty is toxic to people’s mental and physical health, the Centre for Mental Health said.

The Independent UK

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With thousands in Greater Manchester living in poverty we warn Sunak and Truss: Don't turn your back on the North

One in four children in Greater Manchester is living in poverty, but the main Tory contenders to be our next Prime Minister are barely mentioning the promises to 'level up' the country made at the last election.

Manchester Evening News

Congress must pass more funding for international COVID-19 vaccination

Although the last relief package included crucial foreign assistance to undergird the global response to the pandemic, such efforts have slowed down. The United States must take the lead in helping those who need it the most.

Chicago Sun-Times

House Democrats add child nutrition to legislative menu - Roll Call

Democrats say expanded school eligibility is needed to feed more children in communities with high poverty rates.

Roll Call

Industrial policy options for southern Africa: scenarios set out possibilities and risks

There is a need to transform the underlying economic principles of the economies in southern African countries to address the persistent challenges of severe poverty and unemployment.

The Conversation

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Free organ transplant: 73 patients have benefitted since inception of scheme in 2019

Only below poverty line (BPL) patients are eligible under the free organ transplantation scheme — heart, liver, and kidney — in government and private-empaneled hospitals in Karnataka

The Hindu

When the choice is between poor-quality medicine and no medicine at all

Poverty drives the market in inferior medicines just as it drives other examples of inequality. A socially integrated approach is needed to fight the problem.

360info

California OKs 'baby bonds' to help combat child poverty

California has approved trust funds for some children from low-income families who lost a parent or caregiver to COVID-19

The Independent UK

How ready is California to help if Congress kills Obamacare subsidies?

The state of California is ready with $304 million to help lower- and middle-income consumers pay for health insurance if federal subsidies end. But the fund will cover only a fraction of what would be lost.

Tribune News Service

One in five Knowsley children living in poverty

Nearly half of all secondary pupils are in receipt of free school meals, according to a new report into child poverty in Knowsley

Liverpool Echo

UK cost-of-living package doesn’t go far enough, say charities

Child poverty campaigners criticise government plans for free theatre tickets and supermarket discounts

The Guardian - UK

Gordon Brown calls for emergency Budget to help Brits tackle cost of living crisis

Gordon Brown has criticised the Government for failing to support families who are struggling due to the cost of living crisis and said that millions now dread the coming months

Daily Mirror

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North Ayrshire Council agrees to new measures to tackle child poverty

North Ayrshire Council has approved a new action plan to tackle child poverty, which has risen faster in the area than throughout Scotland as a whole

Daily Record

Stirling MSP blasts "silence" of PM hopefuls on poverty concerns

The state of child poverty in Stirling was recently laid bare in a report.

Reuters

Colombia's congress begins new session with ambitious reform agenda

Colombia's congress opens its new session on Wednesday, with a slate of ambitious tax-and-spend and other legislation on the horizon under incoming President-elect Gustavo Petro, intended to combat poverty and inequality.

Daily Record

Child poverty rate drops in West Dunbartonshire - but remains above Scottish average

The End Child Poverty statistics reveal almost one-quarter of children are living below the breadline, though the figure has reduced by 15 percent.

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The Independent UK

AP PHOTOS: Afghan despair, poverty fuel addiction scourge

Drug addiction has long been a problem in Afghanistan, the world’s biggest producer of opium and heroin

The Guardian - UK

David Evans obituary

Other lives: Development economist who worked on the inequality and poverty impacts of trade liberalisation

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Poverty and booze is bringing this part of the North East to its knees

Health bosses are very worried

Daily Record

More than one in five children in Dumfries and Galloway living in poverty

More than 5,000 kids are deemed to be caught in the poverty trap

Daily Record

Renfrewshire MSP slams Tory candidates for "silence" on child poverty

Families are struggling to pay for basic needs such as shoes and many are relying on food banks to feed their families

Daily Record

Lanarkshire MSP hits out at Tory leadership candidates' 'silence' over child poverty

Fulton MacGregor claims 'progress is being undermined by decades of Westminster austerity policies'

The Independent UK

Slovenia army starts removing Croatia border razor wire

The Slovenian army has started removing a razor wire fence on the border with Croatia that was put up to curb migrant crossings after more than a million people fleeing violence and poverty entered Europe in a huge migration wave in 2015

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