Following a landmark vote in the UN General Assembly in December 2023, negotiations are taking place that will lead to a new framework convention on tax.

People and commuters face difficulties in transportation on flooded roads due to poor sewerage systems, after a heavy downpour in Karachi. Pakistan. Image: Asianet-Pakistan/Shutterstock.

Humanitarian agencies and donors are increasingly advocating for the use of cash-based assistance (CBA), recognising its flexibility and potential to empower affected communities. Both the Grand ...

We know climate change is happening, but it’s uncertain as to how the impacts will play out, to what extent, where, affecting whom. In the sixth chapter of Navigating Uncertainty: Radical Rethinking ...

Mpox is a public health emergency of international concern, and there has been an increase in mpox cases in Africa. The issue of transmission of mpox through sexual contact is an important area of ...

Using the case study of the Kibera slums, this paper takes a medical anthropological approach to discuss and explain the untold and common practice among the urban poor in developing countries that is ...

This report attempts to provide an overview of philanthropy and the ‘philanthropic eco‐system’ that has evolved over the recent decade. Special focus of the report is on overseas philanthropy and ...

How do we make sense of what voters have been doing in this year of elections? Too often we think of the results of elections ...

Where do you shit? In developing countries, the answer may determine whether you live or die. Around 2.6 billion people defecate in the open. The consequences are dire: shit carries disease and is a ...

Food and nutrition insecurity is a reality for a large number of people in India. Social safety nets to ensure food security of the poor and vulnerable become important in such a scenario. The Public ...

has emerged around their relative efficacy. Some commentators see diversity as a continued source of strength, positioning foundations to address the complexity, contingency and negotiated nature of ...

Resilience has, in the past four decades, been a term increasingly employed throughout a number of sciences: psychology and ecology, most prominently. Increasingly one finds it in political science, ...