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Underpaid at home, vulnerable abroad: how seasonal job schemes are draining Pacific nations of vital workers

Apisalome Movono, Massey University; Leilani Faaiuaso, and Regina Scheyvens, Massey University The economic impact of COVID on Pacific Island states, combined with major labour shortages in Australia and New Zealand, has created a perfect storm. A mass exodus means Pacific nations are now losing crucial workers at such volume that their own development prospects areContinue reading “Underpaid at home, vulnerable abroad: how seasonal job schemes are draining Pacific nations of vital workers”

How safe is it to drink rainwater?

Ian Cousins, Stockholm University; Bo Sha, Stockholm University; Jana H. Johansson, Stockholm University; Martin Scheringer, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich, and Matthew Salter, Stockholm University In many parts of the world, including Africa, people rely on rainwater as a source of drinking water, as well as for other household and livelihood uses. One ofContinue reading “How safe is it to drink rainwater?”

来自大山的呼唤——凉山异地搬迁社区如何针对性帮扶不同群体

“妈妈晚上2点才回来，早上6点就去上班了。我已经习惯自己一个人做饭了。”来自凉山昭觉县的8岁女孩背着弟弟习以为常地说到。

一直以来，贫苦是凉山彝族自治州给外界留下的最深印象之一。四川凉山彝族自治州是全国最大的彝族聚居区，直到脱贫攻坚战打响前夕，凉山仍是深度贫困地区之一。脱贫攻坚初期，四川最穷的10个县，凉山包含了8个；全州17个县市， 11个均为国家扶贫开发重点县。

Stereotypes about young jobless South Africans are wrong: what they’re really up to

Makeshift shops have mushroomed as people try to make ends meet amid South Africa’s excessive unemployment. Hobermunemployment. an Collection/Universal Images Group via Getty Images June 14, 2021 4.09pm BST Hannah J. Dawson, University of the Witwatersrand South Africa has one of the highest youth unemployment rates in the world. A whopping 63% of its young peopleContinue reading “Stereotypes about young jobless South Africans are wrong: what they’re really up to”

Smallholder farming is a proven path out of poverty, but climate change is changing the rules

October 29, 2021 By Enock Chikava In the 1990s, Zimbabwe had one dry year every five years. Now it is once every two years, and sometimes the dry years are back-to-back. I have been involved with smallholder agriculture my entire life. Along with my 10 siblings, I grew up on a small farm in Zimbabwe, whereContinue reading “Smallholder farming is a proven path out of poverty, but climate change is changing the rules”