How a programme giving millions to residents to improve their neighbourhoods also risks entrenching inequality: Over the past quarter century, the idea has taken hold among politicians across the spectrum that one of the best ways to address inequality is to give local communities the resources to do the work themselves. Provide them with funding …
Giving AI direct control over anything is a bad idea – here’s how it could do us real harm: NicoElNino / Shutterstock The release of the advanced chatbot ChatGPT in 2022 got everyone talking about artificial intelligence (AI). Its sophisticated capabilities amplified concerns about AI becoming so advanced that soon we would not be able …
Improving how the IMF does business could help billions of people worldwide — by giving governments money to spend on public goods and increasing accountability. Podcast: People march with a banner that reads in Spanish 'Stop the adjustment, out with the IMF,' in Buenos Aires, Argentina on May 9, 2023. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano) In …
Millions of young South Africans are jobless: study finds that giving them ‘soft’ skills like networking helps their prospects: Study finds that soft rather than technical skills are more effective in getting rural youth jobs. GettyImages The fact that more than half of the South African population is under 30 years could be beneficial for …
Boris Johnson no longer has the political capital to get away with giving his dad a knighthood: As an academic specialising in part in why political corruption happens, the tenure of Boris Johnson (and its aftermath) has provided me with much to consider. Indeed, over the past 18 months, it has felt like I’m getting …
Sixteen-pound baby born in Brazil: here’s what increases the risk of giving birth to a giant baby: Zastolskiy Victor/Shutterstock A mother in Brazil recently gave birth to a two-foot-tall baby weighing 16lb (7.3kg). Angerson Santos was born via caesarean section at Hospital Padre Colombo in Parintins, Amazonas State. Angerson eclipsed the heaviest baby girl on …
Foster children can easily lose their first language – but giving it a place in daily life can make a big difference: Krakenimages.com/Shutterstock Imagine a ten-year-old girl who has been through things no child should ever have to endure. She is told that there is a nice couple who will take care of her, but …
Give back to open source on Giving Tuesday: Give back to open source on Giving Tuesday Jason Hibbets Tue, 11/29/2022 – 02:00 Giving Tuesday is always a reminder to me to consider how to give back to open source projects, communities, and organizations. In 2012, GivingTuesday was created to encourage people to simply do good. “Since then, …
Tigray has resisted Ethiopia’s far greater military might for two years — here’s why neither side is giving in: Protesters in the UK demonstrate against the war in Tigray, Ethiopia, in October 2022. Mike Kemp/In Pictures via Getty Images The Ethio-Tigray war started on 4 November 2020. For almost two years, the governments of Ethiopia …
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The world’s democratic recession is giving China more power to extend authoritarianism: Over the last decade, the number of countries considered to be liberal democracies has contracted from 41 to 32, back to the same level as in 1989. In the same period, 87 other countries were labelled as closed autocracies or elected autocracies. A …
Giving rivers rights aims to protect the ‘voiceless’ – but there’s a catch: Sudanese demonstrators protest against the construction of the Hidase Dam. Mahmoud Hjaj/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images Worldwide there has been a wave of initiatives to grant rivers rights as a way of protecting them – and the communities that rely on them. …
Why Kenya’s experiment in giving local governments the power to manage food security hasn’t worked: A boy carries water in one of Kenya's arid regions that has been gripped by drought. Dong Jianghui/Xinhua via Getty Images The ability of Kenya’s 47 county governments to manage food security has been met with various challenges. These have …
What’s in a name? Why giving monkeypox a new one is a good idea: A lab technician in Spain picks up a reactive to test suspected monkeypox samples. Pablo Blazquez Dominguez/Getty Images In its latest update on monkey pox in mid-June, the World Health Organization (WHO) said that cases had been reported from 42 member …
Don’t underestimate the value of giving feedback – new research shows people want to receive it: GaudiLab/Shutterstock Imagine you’re talking to someone and they have a big green piece of something they ate for lunch in their teeth. Do you tell them? Whether you do might depend on who they are (you might be more …
Ukraine: Russian opposition to the invasion is giving Putin cause for alarm: Vladimir Putin’s military aggression against Ukraine is meeting more opposition from Ukrainians than he expected. The Russian president also saw widespread condemnation of his military’s aggression in Ukraine at the UN General Assembly. But the opposition Putin faces domestically in Russia is also …
Sudan’s protestors aren’t giving up despite heavy odds: here’s why: Sudanese protesters clash with security forces during an anti-coup protest in Khartoum, Sudan in December 2021. EPA-EFE/STR Sudanese have been going out on the streets for non-violent, peaceful protests for more than three months since the military coup on October 25, 2021. Thousands of demonstrators …
It’s no surprise liberal democracy is giving way to authoritarianism: In recent years, discussion of politics in the west has been peppered with ominous warnings –- democratic backsliding, authoritarian populism, neofascist movements and the end of liberal democracy. This is of particular concern in countries like the US, which spent much of the last century …