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Global Poverty

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    10 Selfless Resolutions for Social Good

    Causeartist

    It’s time to reclaim the resolution as a positive force for helping the world as a whole. Donate Blood Pamper a Pet Add a Fundraiser Get Social for a Cause Resolve…

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    Why Universal Health Coverage is a Must

    United Nations Foundation Dec 18, 2020

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Nathan Benson explains why universal health insurance is essential to the Sustainable Development Goals.  • Where has universal health coverage been achieved? What countries have the greatest…

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    Challenging Traditional Methods of Addressing Poverty

    National Public Radio

    GiveDirectly announced that it will give every adult in an impoverished village in Kenya an extra $22 each month for the next 12 years — with no strings attached. The…

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    COVID-19 Further Exposes Inequalities in the Global Financial System

    The Conversation Dec 16, 2020

    To stem the economic fallout from COVID-19, developed countries have injected an unprecedented US$9 trillion into their economies. The International Monetary Fund has recommended sustained fiscal support, emphasizing greater spending…

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    Keeping Children in School During a Climate Crisis

    Stanford Social Innovation Review Dec 14, 2020

    In the context of a changing climate, how can we ensure that schoolchildren who live in rural areas are consistently able to attend school? In the past few years, Zimbabwe…

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    How the COVID-19 Economic Crisis Continues to Threaten Low Wage Jobs in the U.S.

    Equitable Growth Dec 10, 2020

    Today’s U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Jobs Report demonstrates a stalled jobs recovery following the deep and rapid economic decline brought about by the coronavirus pandemic. The unemployment rate has…

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    Addressing Water Scarcity on the Navajo Nation

    Food Tank Dec 7, 2020

    Over thirty percent of the residents in the Navajo Nation do not have access to running water, according to a recent study from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. To…

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    Strategies for Building Rural Resilience and Revitalization Amid COVID-19

    Brookings Dec 2, 2020

    As the nation’s worst COVID-19 outbreaks concentrated in remote rural towns this fall, the geographic isolation once thought to shield them from the pandemic swiftly transitioned into a severe disadvantage. Rural communities and the…

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    Equity, Innovation, and Opportunity in American Cities [Audio]

    The Annie E. Casey Foundation

    In this episode of CaseyCast, Annie E. Casey Foundation President and CEO Lisa Hamilton interviews impact investor Ben Hecht, who has served as the president and CEO of Living Cities…

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    How Growing Up in Poverty Affects the Brain

    Global Citizen

    A child who grows up in a low-income household could have a worse memory after the age of 50, the Atlantic reports. The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)…

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    The Ethics of Studying Infectious Diseases in Poor Countries

    The Atlantic

    In February of 2017, 64 healthy adult Kenyans checked into a university residence in the coastal town of Kilifi. After a battery of medical tests, they proceeded, one by one,…

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    The Importance of Girl-Centered Skills Development Programs

    degrees Nov 26, 2020

    As the world marks the 25th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration, the global community must take action and be bold in realizing our collective vision of a gender-equal world by…

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