Who Takes Care of the Nanny’s Kids?
When only US wages can support families in the Global South, parents and children divide to survive.
An estimated 702.1 million people around the world lack access to food, clothing and other basic necessities. Pulitzer Center reporting tagged with “Poverty” feature reporting on health, malnutrition, education inequality and the many other endemic effects of poverty. Use the Pulitzer Center Lesson Builder to find and create lesson plans on poverty.
When only US wages can support families in the Global South, parents and children divide to survive.
A globetrotting investigation into the biggest new idea in international development.
Pulitzer Center grantee Jason Motlagh discusses his VQR piece, "The Ghosts of Rana Plaza," on CBC Radio.
Jina Moore looks at the different uses of vulture funds.
Dishonest employment agencies are only part of the problem. Cutting international aid to corrupt or incompetent governments only makes things worse.
Businessmen call them ‘distressed debt’ investments. Critics call them "vulture funds" and say they exploit poor countries.
A year after the collapse of the Rana Plaza complex, safety measures and working conditions for garment factory workers have gotten better, but there is still a long way to go.
Ken Weiss discusses the choices facing women garment workers in Bangladesh.
Through first-person accounts and photographs, reporter Jim Burress presents an audio slideshow of Liberia's efforts to build a mental health infrastructure.
India's poor hospital infrastructure proves to be an obstacle in tackling the region's high infant mortality.
Street kids are used to living from lie to lie—often penniless, some are orphans and others shunned as witches. In Kinshasa many seek refuge at ORPER where every child is considered "a jewel."
Poor nations lag far behind their wealthier counterparts since the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development shifted the global focus from birth control to women's rights.