True South-North Collaboration Takes Time
by Development is not what it used to be and neither is development research. Changes happened even faster during the years of the Covid-19 pandemic. A …
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Measuring ‘Poverty in Bundles’: A New Method to Target Poverty Reduction
The Global Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) is a yearly publication by the UN that measures worldwide poverty levels. This year, a new way to address …
Jean Drèze: A Scholar who Integrated Research with Action in Social Science
Action-oriented research is a road less traveled in the world of academics. Often researchers are confronted with the dilemma of the need to remain objective …
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Uganda’s Acclaimed Refugee Policy: The Difference Between What is on Paper and Reality
Uganda is described by many in the humanitarian circles as one of the friendliest countries in the world to refugees. Some reports, such as one …
COVID-19 and Migration: How Spread of the Virus Reduced Mobility of Migrants in Chile
Social distance and border closure as health measures to stop the spread of COVID-19 had profound consequences on the lives of migrants living in Chile …
The Working Poor
Reasons to migrate can vary but they are often rooted in similar motives. Migrants may be attracted by high-quality education and promising careers or by …
Nordic Working Poor – the Case of Sweden
How Nordic countries with one of the finest working welfare policies exploit their migrants Maine Buying has come to Sweden to find a better life …
Rita Lages: “Migration forces the Nation States and Societies to question themselves”
Migration or human mobility is a complex phenomenon that encompasses a multiplicity of economic, social and security aspects. According to the “World Migration Report 2020”, …
COVID-19’s extra torture on Kenya’s elderly
In the thick trees on the outskirts of Kisumu City in Kenya, a hut is as isolated as the 76-year-old woman who owns and lives …
“Up here, it is as if the pandemic did not exist”
Seeing the capital from up here, in the hills high above the rooftops, our perspective changes. The distance is small, but mentally, this is another …