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  • 'It's like taking 85% of the blood out of someone's body': Economist Arun Kumar on demonetisation

    'It's like taking 85% of the blood out of someone's body': Economist Arun Kumar on demonetisation

    Inderjit Badhwar Meha Mathur
    · Nov 29, 2016 · 10:30 am
  • Two decades on, a reporter revisits son who lost his mother to hunger – and finds little has changed

    Two decades on, a reporter revisits son who lost his mother to hunger – and finds little has changed

    Purusottam Thakur
    · Oct 26, 2016 · 05:30 am
  • Underneath the beauty of Indonesia’s Raja Ampat islands lie poverty and neglect

    Underneath the beauty of Indonesia’s Raja Ampat islands lie poverty and neglect

    Asmiati Malik, The Conversation
    · Oct 23, 2016 · 09:30 pm
  • What living below the poverty line taught an investment banker and an MIT grad

    What living below the poverty line taught an investment banker and an MIT grad

    Harsh Mander
    · Oct 19, 2016 · 08:30 am
  • As Pakistan gears up for Eid-Ul-Azha, poor farmers wonder if they will get the chance to celebrate

    As Pakistan gears up for Eid-Ul-Azha, poor farmers wonder if they will get the chance to celebrate

    Naween A. Mangi
    · Sep 06, 2016 · 09:30 pm
  • Researchers in Colombia are trying to reimagine slums to foster equality

    Researchers in Colombia are trying to reimagine slums to foster equality

    University of Cambridge
    · Aug 05, 2016 · 11:30 pm
  • Beggars could be millionaires, claims Hyderabad Municipal Authority

    Beggars could be millionaires, claims Hyderabad Municipal Authority

    Manasa Chennapragada
    · Jul 05, 2016 · 10:30 am
  • Is it really criminal to steal food when you’re destitute?

    Is it really criminal to steal food when you’re destitute?

    Ruth Patrick, The Conversation
    · May 13, 2016 · 11:30 pm
  • Pakistan puzzle: Why has malnutrition increased even as poverty has come down?

    Pakistan puzzle: Why has malnutrition increased even as poverty has come down?

    Faisal Bari
    · May 02, 2016 · 06:30 pm
  • A new report reminds just how backward India still is

    A new report reminds just how backward India still is

    Saumya Tewari, IndiaSpend.com
    · Mar 08, 2016 · 07:30 pm
  • Karachi’s Robin Hood Army learns from India: Borrow from the rich to feed the poor

    Karachi’s Robin Hood Army learns from India: Borrow from the rich to feed the poor

    Mahjabeen Mankani
    · Feb 29, 2016 · 07:30 pm
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