Armed with an undergraduate degree from the University of Zimbabwe and a Master's degree from the esteemed Institute of Development Studies of the University of Sussex in the United Kingdom, it was clear to me that pursuing a PhD on poverty in an Asian context would be immensely valuable in my journey to becoming a …
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Poverty in Australia: My Observations from the 2024 Australian Poverty Report
Photo credit: Youth Off The Streets Australia In February 2024, the Australian Parliament published a report entitled "The Extent and Nature of Poverty in Australia". This report sheds light on the levels, realities, drivers and impacts of poverty within the country and provides, among other things, recommendations for poverty eradication. The Parliament’s efforts are commendable, …
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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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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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What is the state of poverty in the world?
Poverty, as shared in our article here, is one of the defining challenges of our time. Governments, NGOs and other actors are committed to eliminating poverty, and they take stock of their poverty eradication efforts annually on the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty (17 October), as I recently blogged here. For this reason, …
What is the state of poverty in Zimbabwe?
In past months, I have heard conversations about poverty in my beloved country, Zimbabwe. Based on these conversations, sentiments are that poverty in the country is worsening and is now more pronounced in urban than rural areas. Rather than reviewing the latest Zimbabwe poverty report as promised here, this blog sheds light on the level, …
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