Inequality fuels COVID death rates across Latin America: Report | Coronavirus pandemic News
Santiago, Chile – Inequality in Latin America and the Caribbean is the root cause of the region’s high COVID-19 mortality
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Saudi Arabia, France launch humanitarian projects in Lebanon | Poverty and Development News
Beirut, Lebanon – Saudi Arabia and France pledged an initial $32m to launch a series of humanitarian projects in Lebanon
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What’s the way out of Sri Lanka’s economic crisis? | Business and Economy
From: Counting the Cost Sri Lanka’s finance minister has made a request for a Rapid Financing Instrument with the IMF.
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Fix poverty first to counter China, Solomon Islanders tell West | Poverty and Development News
The United States and Australia are building new embassies and offering tens of millions of dollars in cash to counter
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For Indonesia’s tech star GoTo, success a long time in the making | Business and Economy
Medan, Indonesia – When Indonesian e-commerce startup GoTo debuted on the stock market this week, Christopher Panal Lumban Gaol, a
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Soaring prices putting poor countries at risk of default: IMF | Business and Economy
International financial institution says better mechanisms needed for dealing with sovereign debt stress. Sharply higher global food and energy prices
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The Sri Lankan taxi driver reuniting adoptees with their families | Arts and Culture
Listen to this story: Sri Lanka – In 1996, 14-year-old Dewi Chandrika Bruins travelled with her family to Sri Lanka,
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Can US tenants cope with COVID eviction protections ending? | Homelessness
From: UpFront Housing rights campaigner Rob Robinson and Legal Aid’s Beth Mellen on the housing crisis in the United States.
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South Africa’s poor struggle for land rights post-apartheid | Poverty and Development
From: UpFront Thapelo Mohapi, general secretary of grassroots movement Abahlali baseMjondolo, on the struggles of the landless poor. “We are
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Tanzania: Displaced petty traders struggle with new market rules | Poverty and Development
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania – These days, Godfrey Massima, one of the traders at Mwenge market on Sam Nujoma Road
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