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explainer
What is ESG and does it make financial sense for businesses?
In Haiti, rising gang violence drives out small business owners
U.S. abortion rights threat fuels jump in crypto donations
News Package
Ukraine crisis
News Package
Afghan women under Taliban rule
As U.S. flooding worsens, South Carolina redraws risk maps
Ukrainian refugees find haven at French castle
US youths leaving care given cash, and time, as COVID spurs action
Millions at risk as India's severe heatwave exposes cooling gaps
Crypto crash leaves El Salvador with no easy exit from crisis
South Africa flooding victims traumatised and homeless
explainer
As war and climate change bite, are high food prices here to stay?
Scarred by COVID-19 lockdown, Indian migrants stick closer to home
At least 3,000 have died in Ukraine for want of disease treatment
in depth
Some Ukrainian refugees return home despite the dangers
Crisis after COVID for Sri Lankan women who dress the West
video trustdocs
Earth Focus: Fighting for Air
Pandemic tempts U.S. technology workers away from Silicon Valley
Pakistan bus network gives women a ticket to work and study
U.S. abortion war spotlights women's risk from online tracking
Roe v Wade: Is gay marriage at risk after U.S. Supreme Court leak?
Charging for wasted water helps Kenyan farmers get a fair share
explainer
U.S. abortion rights: Supreme Court 'set to overturn' Roe v. Wade
Legalising Bangladesh e-taxis could drive safer, greener industry
Drones to data: Africans turn to healthtech
Chemical industry fights U.S. government move to ban asbestos
factbox
Bitcoin: Eight places that want you to spend your virtual currency
US to boost jobs, curb emissions by plugging old oil and gas wells
Ukraine's betting on crypto to help fund the war. Is it working?
insight
U.S. firefighters on climate frontlines sound alarm over staffing
Zimbabwe's women-only rangers fight poachers and poverty
Invest in Black business to bridge the race gap, says US nonprofit
Somaliland fire leaves traders penniless and market destroyed
video trustdocs
Are crypto donations having an impact in Ukraine?
Britons embrace savings apps as inflation hits household finances
analysis
Sri Lanka's economic crisis exposes gaps in renewable energy push
In Pakistan, Afghan refugees face hardship and a frosty reception
Turkish workers fight for pay rises as inflation bites
South Africa's floods a 'teachable moment' for climate adaptation
Green farming gets a boost as Kenyans face climate and war shocks
Fleeing Ukraine war, African students scramble to study in Europe
Nigeria's women shopkeepers forced to scale back as prices soar
Young Latin Americans see career dreams crushed in COVID's wake
Iraq's farmers pushed off land as drought and heat cripple crops
World Cup 2022 eliminations dash small business hopes to cash in
Turkish women fight in court for free HPV vaccine against cancer
South Africa's WhatsApp groups fuel racism and surveillance
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About our Economies coverage

We report on how to ensure people globally have economic security and a decent standard of living.

Opinion

Nabil Hayel Saeed Anam HSA Group

OPINION: Time is running out to avert further Yemen catastrophes

Without substantive changes in approach, there is an immediate risk that wheat supplies into Yemen will not meet the minimum levels needed to prevent hundreds of thousands more people being pushed into famine.
Agnes Kalibata and Wanjira ...

Facing multiple food and health crises, Africa must lead boldly

Africa’s leaders to rally together for urgent, practical responses to protect the most vulnerable from a tsunami of shocks undermining the livelihoods of millions
Sharan Burrow International Trade Union Confederation

We need a new social contract to nurture people, planet and peace

Faced with the horrors of conflict and the global pandemic, peace, social justice and climate-friendly jobs are at the heart of demands for International Workers' Day
Mindy Hernandez World Resources Institute

We can fight the climate crisis by shifting human behaviour

Governments and other institutions must make it as easy as possible for people to adopt greener, healthier lifestyles

In Depth

Ukrainian refugees find haven at French castle
explainer
As conflict and climate change bite, are high food prices here to stay?
insight
U.S. firefighters on climate frontlines sound alarm over staffing
Iraq's farmers pushed off land as drought and heat cripple crops

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Savings, trainings help Burmese farmers survive extreme weather

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Millions at risk as India's severe heatwave exposes cooling gaps
Zimbabwe's women-only rangers fight poachers and poverty
Green farming gets a boost as Kenyans confront climate and war shocks
As Ukraine war hikes prices, Global South farmers struggle to find fertilizer