Nickel-and-dimed in sweatshops: Australian brands squeeze Vietnamese garment workers
Titled "Made in Poverty," the report is based on interviews held last April and July with 474 workers in Bangladesh and Vietnam. It seeks to examine …
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Australian Ambassador visits Hoa Binh for charitable purposes
… to Vietnam Craig Chittick (L) and Ta Van Tuan, Country Director of Action on Poverty in Vietnam – PHOTO: COURTESY OF AUSTRALIAN EMBASSY.
Australian nat’l builds community center in one of Bicol’s poorest barangays
By Roy Mabasa. An Australian national who heads a foundation aimed to take people out of poverty is now building a community center in one of the …
Mengubah ‘disabilitas’ menjadi ‘kemampuan’: kesempatan untuk mensosialisasikan perkembangan inklusi disabilitas di Indonesia
Sebelum bergabung dengan Bank Dunia, saya bekerja sebagai perancang kota dan sering memberi saran agar rencana pembangunan lebih mudah diakses bagi penyandang disabilitas. Sayangnya, banyak pengembang cenderung mengenyampingkan kebutuhan mereka kar…
Turning ‘disability’ into ‘ability’: opportunities to promote disability inclusive development in Indonesia
Before joining the World Bank, I worked as an urban designer and often provided advice on how the design of proposed developments could be more accessible for people with disabilities. Sadly, many developers tend to consider disability inclusion as a…
Bigger tobacco taxes for better health outcomes in the Pacific Islands
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Data compiled over the past two decades has found that all four major non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in Tonga are on the rise – diabetes, cardiovascular disease, cancer, and respiratory diseases. According to the latest WHO data, NCDs a…
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