Poverty
- Delhi, Global development, Global health, Hospitals, India, Narendra Modi, Poverty, Society, South and Central Asia, World news
Free medical cover has revolutionised healthcare in India. So why is it ailing?
Modi’s Ayushman Bharat scheme put hospital treatment within reach of tens of millions of Indians for the first…
- Africa, Aid, Bangladesh, Food poverty, Global development, Hunger, Kenya, Poverty, Refugees, Rohingya, Society, South and Central Asia, World news
World Food Programme halves food rations for Rohingya in Bangladesh
Decision made after attempts to raise more funds had been unsuccessful, agency tells authoritiesFood rations f…
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Televisions, fridges and water pumps: why solar power means a brighter future for Gujarat’s salt farmers
With plenty of sunlight to drive their pumps instead of costly diesel, harvesting salt costs a third of what i…
- Banking, Debt relief, Ghana, Inequality, International Monetary Fund (IMF), Money, Poverty, Sri Lanka, United Nations, World news
Break the cycle of debt and dependency that stunts developing countries’ growth | Letters
The Jubilee 2000 saw $130bn of debt written off, and yet we now find ourselves in a renewed global debt crisis…
- Business, Caribbean, Economics, Global development, Global economy, Governance, India, India elections 2024, Narendra Modi, Poverty, Social exclusion, Society, South and Central Asia, World news
As India goes to the polls, can democracy deliver a better life for all of its people?
Behind a veneer of progress, injustice and inequality propped up by corruption and the caste system haunt the …
- Children, Education, Global development, Global education, Literacy, Pakistan, Poverty, Social exclusion, Society, South and Central Asia, World news
Tall tales but no dessert: the storyteller of Karachi and his ice-cream cart library
In a country where 77% of 10-year-olds are illiterate, a reading scheme in Pakistan is reaching thousands of c…
- Bangladesh, Employment, Global development, Global health, Health, Poverty, South and Central Asia, Uganda, World news
Having the right glasses could boost earning power by a third, Bangladesh study shows
Researchers find that in low and middle-income countries owning spectacles can help people over 35 increase th…
- Death and dying, Delhi, Global development, Hinduism, Homelessness, India, Poverty, Religion, Social exclusion, Society, South and Central Asia, Voluntary sector, World news
Last rites for Delhi’s forgotten: the woman who cremates strangers
Pooja Sharma has dedicated her life to providing a dignified end for thousands of unclaimed bodies lying in mo…
- Bangladesh, Fashion, Fashion industry, Garment workers, Global development, Life and style, Poverty, Social exclusion, Society, South and Central Asia, Women, Women's rights and gender equality, World news
Woman making Christmas jumpers for UK turns to sex work to pay bills
Story of garment worker’s ordeal in Bangladesh, where she works in a factory producing clothes for brands incl…
- Children, Food security, Global development, Malnutrition, Poverty, South and Central Asia, Sri Lanka
No milk, no eggs, small hope: fears rise for Sri Lanka’s malnourished children
Close to half the crisis-hit country’s under-fives go hungry and one in five suffer from wasting. Mothers tell…
- Food poverty, Global development, Hospitals, India, Poverty, Society, South and Central Asia, World news
Caste out: how Kerala’s food parcel scheme tackles poverty and prejudice
In India’s most progressive state, food for hospital patients and visitors feeds the hungry and helps create a…
- Business, Commodities, Employment, Food, Global development, Inequality, Inequality and development, Poverty, Society, South and Central Asia, Sri Lanka, Tea, World news
‘We give our blood so they live comfortably’: Sri Lanka’s tea pickers say they go hungry and live in squalor
Top tea firms investigate as plantation workers say they have to pick 18kg a day but still skip meals and make…
- Aid, Foreign policy, Global development, Human rights, India, Politics, Poverty, South and Central Asia, UK news, World news
UK aid to India does little for human rights and democracy, watchdog finds
Programme spent £2.7bn between 2016 and 2021 but is fragmented and lacks a clear rationale, report saysBritain…
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‘They are invisible’: the migrant workers struggling in wake of India’s Covid response
As a new Guardian documentary explores the impact of one of the world’s strictest lockdowns, we speak to some …
- Climate crisis, Conservatives, Economic policy, Economics, Energy industry, Pakistan, Politics, Poverty, Science, Society, South and Central Asia, Space, UK cost of living crisis, World news
Burn out: Inside the 2 September Guardian Weekly
On the frontline of Britain’s energy bills crisis. Plus: Visions of outer space Get the Guardian Weekly magazi…