poverty
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21 April Apr 2016 0935 21 April 2016 Fighting poverty is big business
With the West spending more than a trillion dollars in the past decade on programs to promote development, the business of doing good has never been better.
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18 April Apr 2016 1001 18 April 2016 EIB and UNOPS partner up for projects in the countries that need it most
The European Investment Bank (EIB) and UNOPS signed an agreement to work together on key projects around the world in an effort to improve the lives of people in need.
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15 April Apr 2016 1119 15 April 2016 Islamic finance: the future of banking?
Since 2008 Islamic banking has been growing at an estimated annual rate of 10-15% in no Muslim countries, such as the USA, Britain and France, amongst others, as an ethical and sustainable alternative to the conventional, profit-driven banking system.
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14 April Apr 2016 1640 14 April 2016 Women work more and earn less
The fight for women’s rights is far from over. This week was Equal Pay Day in the US, but the problem of pay inequality persists globally. The annual pay for women only now equals the amount men were earning ten years age, and the gender pay gap continues to be a global reality for women everywhere.
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13 April Apr 2016 1359 13 April 2016 CONCORD: 2015 EU aid heavily inflated by in-donor refugee costs
Growing spending on in-donor refugee costs masks real cuts in European aid. By counting these inflated elements of aid – which CONCORD maintains is not ‘real’ aid as it does not contribute to sustainable development in developing countries – donors were able to technically report record levels of aid in 2015.
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13 April Apr 2016 1018 13 April 2016 How gambling contributes to inequality
Numerous studies tell us that the largest numbers of gamblers come from the poorest segments of the population, who see it as a way of getting out of poverty. This fact contributes to increasing inequalities.
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11 April Apr 2016 1003 11 April 2016 We need to invest in welfare state to fight poverty
Europe is losing the battle against poverty. Caritas new report "End Poverty in Europe – Our solutions to make it happen" offers solutions to win this battle.
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4 April Apr 2016 1443 04 April 2016 Who are the migrants being sent back from Greece to Turkey?
Today marks the first day of deportations of migrants from Greece back to Turkey under the controversial EU-Turkey deal, agreed upon in Brussels last month. With most of the deported migrants coming from Pakistan and Bangladesh, Vita International takes a closer look at Pakistani migration flows.
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31 March Mar 2016 0953 31 March 2016 Can a government regulate happiness?
The new edition of the World Happiness Report 2016 showed that people are happier living in societies where there is less inequality of happiness. It also found that happiness inequality has increased significantly (comparing 2012-2015 to 2005-2011) in most countries, in almost all global regions, and for the population of the world as a whole.
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30 March Mar 2016 1139 30 March 2016 5.8 million people prevented from going blind
The association Light for the World, has just reached a milestone in the fight against trachoma, which is the leading global infectious reason of blindness.