World's richest 1 per cent have double wealth of rest of us combined,says Oxfam

World's richest 1 per cent have double wealth of rest of us combined,says Oxfam

The charity claims 2153 billionaires had more wealth than 4.6 billion people in 2019.

  • byMarc Daniel Davies

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'We'd prefer the food':Hungry Zimbabweans reject cash handouts

'We'd prefer the food':Hungry Zimbabweans reject cash handouts

Many called it the"breadbasket of Africa",but Zimbabwe fears it has famine in its future.

  • byJeffrey Moyo andRick Gladstone
NZ is doing very well,but many more Kiwis are being left behind

NZ is doing very well,but many more Kiwis are being left behind

The Kiwi economy is close to full employment,with unemployment rates at an 11-year low of 3.9 per cent.

  • byBen McKay
Esther Duflo a refreshing change in world dominated by'feel-pinions'
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Esther Duflo a refreshing change in world dominated by'feel-pinions'

The woman who just won the Nobel Prize for economics says she has only one opinion:one should evaluate things."I’m never unhappy with the results. I haven’t yet seen a result I didn’t like.”

  • byJessica Irvine
Pioneers in the fight against poverty win 2019 Nobel economics prize

Pioneers in the fight against poverty win 2019 Nobel economics prize

The Academy said the work of the three economists shows how poverty could be tackled by breaking it down into more precise questions in areas such as education and healthcare.

  • byNiklas Pollard andSimon Johnson
Nine out of ten poor people will be in Africa by 2030:World Bank

Nine out of ten poor people will be in Africa by 2030:World Bank

Poverty will"soon become a predominantly African problem"as other regions of the world make progress in poverty reduction,the lender says.

  • byPrinesha Naidoo
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Australia then and now:how quality of life has improved worldwide over the past century

Australia then and now:how quality of life has improved worldwide over the past century

National health data shows how Australians are living longer lives and are far less likely to die of preventable causes than they once were. And things are improving globally too.

  • byCraig Butt
One in four people lack access to enough healthy food

One in four people lack access to enough healthy food

More than 2 billion people lack access to healthy food,putting them at risk of health problems,a new UN report says.

  • byThin Lei Win
The long trip home:Afghan boys cross back from Iran as sanctions bite

The long trip home:Afghan boys cross back from Iran as sanctions bite

At a dusty border crossing known as Zero Point,tired teenagers make their way home after working to support their families.

  • byJacob Saulwick andKate Geraghty
'I'll sacrifice one':how a father sold his six-year-old daughter into marriage

'I'll sacrifice one':how a father sold his six-year-old daughter into marriage

Afghanistan in 2019 is a country of grim choices,and not just for those struggling daily to survive.

  • byJacob Saulwick andKate Geraghty
After 18 years of'liberating'war,Afghanistan's children are starving to death
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Afghanistan

After 18 years of'liberating'war,Afghanistan's children are starving to death

Doctors are fighting a losing battle with Afghanistan's poor,driven over the brink by drought,floods and war.

  • byJacob Saulwick andKate Geraghty