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12 April 2010
Evictees from informal settlements near World Cup venues in South Africa have been promised decent homes. But many feel angry, saying they have been dumped in transit areas far from transport, work and schools.
15 March 2010
A new report claims that Nestlé's aid to developing countries is determined by commercial investments rather than poverty levels.
10 March 2010
In Karachi, Pakistan, informal workers, particularly women, have been hit hard by the global financial recession and rising costs of fuel and food. Zofeen T. Ebrahim talks to women affected by the increased workload and talks to those who are trying to improve their conditions by organising home-workers.
1 March 2010
Despite receiving US$12 billion in aid since peace was established 17 years ago, a new report says there has been no real poverty reduction in Mozambique. And the high levels of aid has also left the government accountable to donors, rather than the people.
11 January 2010
A new report has argued that micro-credits are of limited help in moving women out of poverty, and may worsen their status in the long term in South Asia.
22 December 2009
A research article on Malawi's fertiliser subsidy programme claims organised crime and corruption linked to the scheme has undermined its potential benefits for the poor.
7 December 2009
Labour inspections in India are failing to protect workers in the informal economy. A new report calls for tougher enforcement and says existing labour laws should be expanded to cover more workers.
20 November 2009
Documents revealing how MPs were spending taxes led to outrage in Kenya and helped ensure some of the country’s worst-offending MPs were not re-elected. Tax-payers are increasingly demanding to know how their money is being spent, helping to reduce corruption and mis-management of funds by MPs.
17 August 2009
No more hunger, plentiful cheap food and small scale farmers living off the fat of the land. African activists say a continent self-sufficient in food is well within reach. But will this vision create long term problems for the continent's poorest farmers?
2 July 2009
Should poor countries do more to exploit their poverty in the media? A film by artist Renzo Martens asks thorny questions about photojournalists and aid agencies.
24 February 2009
Times are troubled in Zambia even for those lucky enough to have a job.
24 February 2009
As the global downturn bites, Zambia's copper industry is shedding thousands of jobs. It's a bitter blow for workers who enjoyed a short boom after years of hardship but now fear destitution.
29 January 2009
Life in Dhaka's shanty towns is a perpetual struggle. Aasha Mehreen Amin spoke to men and women about life in poverty.
29 January 2009
Mozambique's economy is growing fast, investments are rising and it has won praise for governance reforms. But poverty is never far away.
8 July 2008
The G8 says it will tackle food security. But in Ethiopia where millions face hunger, donors have given only a third of the aid money needed.
1 March 2007
Ghana, one of Africa's most vibrant democracies, is plagued by corruption despite economic governance receiving high public attention. Charity Binka asks whether Ghanaian anti-corruption institutions are toothless tigers.
1 March 2007
China has achieved spectacular economic growth in the last two decades. But what is life like for the rural labourers flocking to the big cities in search of work?
21 February 2007
Mildred Mpundu takes a taxi ride in Zambia to uncover the reasons behind corruption among traffic officers.
21 February 2007
Visitors to Victoria Falls once preferred to see it from Zimbabwe. But the country's troubles have seen them switching to the Zambian side of the border.
21 February 2007
Like the rest of Africa, Kenya is waging a war to halve its hungry by 2015 - a United Nations' Millennium Development Goal. But has that battle reached poverty's heartland?
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