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Bandar-bandar
Why slums persist
The standard policy response to slums has never worked. It's time to think about how to integrate slum residents into the formal economy.
Makanan & Pertanian
How to feed ten billion people
With the world’s population expected to reach ten billion by mid-century, agriculture must produce more with less – every season, everywhere. The knowledge and tools to end and prevent food insecurity are already in hand, but they have yet to be used wisely and at scale.
Trump’s dismantling of USAID and deep foreign aid cuts are forcing international NGOs to shrink, localise and seek new funding models – with profound consequences for global health and humanitarian work.
Kerala’s experience in fighting poverty holds some important lessons for developing Asean countries. The Indian state removed severe destitution by addressing nutritional, health and educational needs.
All #poverty Opinion
31 December 2025
Makanan & Pertanian
War and weather show how fragile food systems are - we must act
26 December 2025
Karbon & Cuaca
How insurance can transform our resilience to climate shocks
22 December 2025
Bandar-bandar
What happened to gender equality in 2025
18 December 2025
Polisi & Kewangan
India’s climate diplomacy must account for domestic inequalities
15 November 2025
Karbon & Cuaca
How to measure climate progress
11 November 2025
Bandar-bandar
What really kills people in tropical cyclones
6 October 2025
Bandar-bandar
Gen Z’s challenge to elite dominance in South Asia
18 September 2025
16 September 2025
Bandar-bandar
Hashtags hurt, hashtags heal too
3 September 2025
Sisa Kumbahan
How India helped scuttle the global plastics treaty
22 July 2025
Polisi & Kewangan
Financing for development must account for women
Polisi & Kewangan
India’s digital divide and the consequent welfare bias
9 May 2025
Polisi & Kewangan
How to defuse the climate-debt time bomb for small island states
7 May 2025
Makanan & Pertanian
Why Donald Trump’s trade tariffs are a threat to global food security
6 May 2025
Polisi & Kewangan
Street vendors are workers – they should have workers’ rights
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