In an increasingly precarious global position, young Iranians are choosing higher education as a path to economic opportunity, liberty and financial stability. However, for many Iranian students, this entails another shift: Recent reports suggest that up to 80% of Iranian students are considering emigration, while the number studying abroad reached a record 110,000 in 2024. […]
Costa Rica is a country in Central America, located between the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea, neighboring Panama and Nicaragua. It has a population of around 5,174,564 people, out of all the other Central American countries, many regard Costa Rica’s government as the most stable and democratic and has a beautiful landscape and scenery. […]
Higher education degrees have become a significant attribute in obtaining successful employment, yet at the same time it can be very difficult to acquire, especially for those in underserved communities. It can perpetuate a cycle of unequal opportunity and debt with little support resources. In Ecuador, these barriers are heightened due to persistent systemic and […]
With a population of more than 1.4 billion and a rapidly growing economy, China has made poverty reduction a central national goal, portraying it as essential to lasting economic development and stability. Here is information about being poor in China and how the country is addressing poverty. Poverty Down but Inequality Still Persists Between 1981 […]
Many people know Singapore from the movie “Crazy Rich Asians,” and the movie itself is not far off from what Singapore looks like and how it operates. Singapore is a country off the coast of Malaysia, with a population of almost six million people. As a country, Singapore developed significantly, with older portions of the […]
While Curaçao reached an athletic milestone by becoming the smallest country to compete in a FIFA World Cup, recent data has hinted at failures in other, more pressing aspects of the small island country’s society. Despite its growing tourist industry and GDP, the country is also one of the most unequal in its region, according […]
The ongoing Yemeni Civil War, which first broke out in September 2014, placed the country in a severe humanitarian crisis. This conflict has led to approximately 4.5 million internally displaced persons in Yemen, and yet the country itself remains a widely used migration corridor. Thousands of migrants travel from Sub-Saharan Africa along the East towards […]
Bolivia, a country centrally located in South America, has a population of roughly 12.7 million people. The nation borders other countries such as Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina, Chile and Peru. Its central location in the continent makes it extremely important to contain any diseases that start-up within the country. There have been multiple diseases impacting Bolivia, […]
In Nigeria, high poverty and limited formal employment make local manufacturing more than a business issue. It is also a development issue. The World Bank estimated that the share of Nigerians living below the national poverty line rose from 40.1% in 2018-19 to 42.9% in 2022. Nigeria’s National Bureau of Statistics also reported that 63% […]
Vanuatu, a small island country in the South Pacific, suffers from severe poverty rates, especially among the disabled community. Women and children suffer the most in terms of disability and inequality. Disability and poverty in Vanuatu have widened the economic gap; without access to the proper education or special needs to navigate the world, poverty […]
