The world aspires to end poverty in all its forms by 2030. However, as I shared here, this admirable aspiration is out of reach. Could this mean it is impossible to eradicate poverty in our lifetime? Certainly not! A world free of poverty is very attainable in our lifetime, as I blogged here. The persistence …
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What does the scholarly article ‘…Poverty from above and below in Brunei Darussalam’ say about poverty eradication in Brunei?
Reading the scholarly article ‘Administering and encountering the poor: Poverty from the above and below in Brunei Darussalam’ – authored by one of my PhD Supervisors, Dr Noor Hasharina Hassan and others – reminded me of the intriguing workshops we had in 2011-12 with Professor Robert Chambers at the Institute of Development Studies, University of …
Ending Poverty by 2030 (SDG1) is out of reach, the World Bank says
Photo Credit: ISGlobal Greetings from the capital city of Kenya, Nairobi, the United Nations Headquarters in Africa, the fourth headquarter of the United Nations and the only one located in the Global South. Accordingly, Nairobi is also where critical decisions to end global poverty are made. While researching the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on …
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10 (Sure) Ways of Losing the War on Poverty
Photo Credit: Commonwealth Foundation In January 1964, United States President Lyndon B. Johnson declared war on poverty, intent on achieving a ‘total victory’ or completely ending poverty in the country. Although the United States is well known for this declaration of war on poverty, it is not the only country that has done so. In …
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The story behind our poverty scholarly article with 60 000+ views/reads
In May 2020, Dr Noor Hasharina Hassan (my doctoral supervisor) and I published a scholarly article on the characteristics or underlying qualities of poverty (available on open access here), adapted from the literature review of my PhD thesis. The article has garnered over 60 000 views or reads and has been cited 88 times. It …
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Why is COP28 crucial not only for tackling climate change but also for poverty eradication?
Photo Credit: FINANCIAL Fortune It is undeniable that the world is facing unprecedented and devastating extreme weather events, such as catastrophic cyclones and relentlessly high temperatures, as reported here and here. 2023 has been the deadliest year on record, marked as it was by extreme weather events that have wreaked havoc: thousands of lives have …
Can the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) help Southeast Asian countries to achieve Sustainable Development Goal 1?
Recently, I had the incredible opportunity to contribute a chapter to a book on the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (hereafter, RCEP) and development in the ASEAN region, published by Bentham Science Publishers. This book project was spearheaded by the esteemed Institute of Policy Studies at the Universiti Brunei Darussalam. The RCEP is the largest and …
What will the future of poverty eradication look like?
Global poverty is on the rise, as I have shared here. Between 2020 and 2023, 165 million people fell into poverty. The achievement of the ‘No Poverty’ aspiration is at risk, as highlighted here, here and here. The 2030 deadline may well be missed, and we may only hope to achieve a world without poverty …
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What does the 2023 Global Multidimensional Poverty Index report reveal about global poverty?
In 2022, as I shared here, the world had over 1 billion people living in multidimensional poverty. As 2030 - the deadline for eliminating all forms of poverty - draws closer, how close are we to achieving Sustainable Development Goal 1? Having read the 2023 Global Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) report, found here, I learnt …
What is the state of Child Poverty in Zimbabwe?
Photo credit: RuriByaku Children (0 –17 years old) are more at risk of becoming poor than adults (as reported here and here). Accordingly, they make up a large proportion of poor people globally. In 2022, for example, 50% of the 1.2 billion multidimensionally poor people from 111 countries were children. This makes child poverty a …
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