by Christian Borja-Vega co-authors: Eva Kloeve In our previous blog, we looked at how water and sanitation came to be recognized as a human right, and what that means in practice. Today, we look at how formal and informal institutional…
Category: poverty
Why strengthening land rights strengthens development
by Mahmoud Mohieldin, Anna Wellenstein Washington, DC – For most of the world’s poor and vulnerable people, secure property rights, including land tenure, are a rarely accessible luxury. Unless this changes, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) will be impossible to…
Ecuador tightens entry rules for Venezuelan migrants
Ecuador has brought in new rules to stop Venezuelan migrants entering the country without a passport, leaving many stranded in neighbouring Colombia. Thousands of Venezuelans fleeing their country’s economic and political crisis have been crossing into Ecuador from Colombia using…
Farmer-herder conflicts on the rise in Africa
By Juliana Nnoko-Mewanu Minnesota, United States, Aug 6 2018 (IPS) – Violent clashes between farmers and herders in Nigeria’s Middle Belt in June reminded me of a smelting hot afternoon a year ago. I was sitting in my living room…
Will the grass be greener for the workers?
by Kate Holman What are ‘green jobs’? According to the International Labour Organization, they are “decent jobs that contribute to preserve or restore the environment, be they in traditional sectors such as manufacturing and construction, or in new, emerging green…
Globalization, inequality, convergence, divergence
By Jomo Kwame Sundaram Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Jul 26 2018 (IPS) – Economic divergence among countries and regions was never pre-ordained. According to the late cliometrician Angus Madison and other economic historians, the great divergence between the global North and…
Experts for sustainable techniques to recycle food waste
DHAKA – Experts at a seminar here today stressed applying sustainable techniques for managing food waste and turning those into resources since about 80 percent of urban solid waste is being generated from food waste daily.
ICRC President in Dhaka – Rohingya camp visit soon
President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Peter Maurer arrived here on Saturday afternoon to observe ICRC’s work in Rohingya camps in Cox’s Bazar.
Bringing informal workers under social protection umbrella
Well-structured and administered social protection programs are both financially feasible and socially and economically beneficial. • Strategies for Providing Social Protection for All • Informal workers dominate Asia’s labour force but most lack social protection. • Delivering effective social protection…
Food waste enough to feed world’s hungry four times over
By Thalif Deen Stockholm, Sweden, May 28, 2018 (IPS) – The United Nations is continuing to fight a relentless battle to eradicate extreme hunger – particularly in the world’s poorest nations—by 2030.
‘Shoplifters’ wins Palme d’Or, grand prize to Spike Lee
Dhaka, May 20 – A tumultuous Cannes Film Festival concluded Saturday with the Palme d’Or awarded to Japanese director Hirokazu Kore-eda’s “Shoplifters,” a tender portrait of a poor, impoverished family, while Harvey Weinstein accuser Asia Argento vowed justice will come…
Fighting inequality in Asia and the Pacific
By Shamshad Akhtar Bangkok, Thailand, May (IPS) – Inequality is increasing in Asia and the Pacific. Our region’s remarkable economic success story belies a widening gap between rich and poor. A gap that’s trapping people in poverty and, if not…
Safety nets saved one-third very poor from extreme poverty
The State of Social Safety Nets 2018: Safety nets protect vulnerable households from impacts of economic shocks, natural disasters, and other crises • An estimated 36 percent of the very poor escaped extreme poverty because of social safety nets, providing…
Micro gardening scheme to help feed Rohingya refugees
By International Organization for Migration Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, Apr 6 (IOM) – IOM, the UN Migration Agency, and the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) are distributing 50,000 vegetable gardening kits to tackle malnutrition and improve the diet of people…
Conflicts force up global hunger levels
Largely driven by conflict, the number of hungry people has dramatically increased around the world, reversing decades of progress, according to a new report.
‘Urban poverty requires immediate attention’
Urban poverty, caused by rapid urbanisation for economic opportunities, has taken a serious turn in the country that requires an immediate attention, says ActionAid Bangladesh on Wednesday.