India is a developing country in Asia that has a complicated and vast financial history. For many centuries, India has struggled with poverty. From pre- to post-independence, India has seen much struggle and growth. To this day, India has one of the fastest-growing economies. Like many other countries, parts of India struggle more than others. […]
Chad is the fifth largest country in Africa. With a population of more than 18.5 million, Chad has approximately 210,000 people living with HIV. As of 2015, only 30% of people with HIV in Chad had access to antiretroviral treatment. Despite the limited access to HIV-related care, efforts are under way to increase the accessibility […]
Since 2015, Latin America has undergone a remarkable evacuation of migrants from Venezuela instigated by an economic and political crisis within the country resulting in hyperinflation, starvation and crime. In 2020, more than 95% of people in Venezuela were living in poverty, thus many have been forced to leave. The UN has given Venezuelan migrants […]
When the COVID-19 virus spread out into the world in 2020, it caused hardships for all countries. People feared contracting the virus but were also impacted by entire countries shutting down, putting citizens indefinitely out of work. Saint Lucia was one small Caribbean island whose children felt the burden of their parents’ lack of income. […]
In 2013, Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced a new economic initiative: womenomics. Womenomics was meant to bolster Japan’s economy by employing a larger percentage of women in the workforce. Following nearly two decades of slowed economic growth and constant recessions due to a decreased workforce, womenomics would increase the number of workers and […]
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) strives to make the world a better place through its economic, humanitarian and disaster relief efforts. Its goal is to provide assistance that enables countries, communities, and individuals to transform, prosper, and thrive. Since the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan in 2021, USAID programs in Afghanistan are vital […]
India is the world’s largest recipient of foreign aid, receiving more than $80 billion in 2020. This aid comes from a variety of sources, including developed countries, international organizations and non-governmental organizations (NGOs). India is home to the world’s largest population of poor people. India has a population of more than 1.4 billion people and […]
Political polarization refers to the divergence of political attitudes toward ideological extremes. In simple terms, people are becoming more divided in their views and tending more toward far-right or far-left views, creating vast ideological distances between opposing political individuals. This results in overall less agreement among those of differing political beliefs. However, this may not be the […]
USAID has been critical in providing Venezuela with aid in the form of food assistance, health care accessibility and water support. Due to the extreme political and economic crisis in the nation, millions of Venezuelans have fled to surrounding nations like Panama and Mexico, and the majority of those still in the nation live below […]
Bosnia and Herzegovina, or BiH, is a country in South East Europe. It is comprised of two entities, the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (FBiH) and Republika Srpska (RS), as well as the self-governed condominium of the Brčko District. The gender wage gap in Bosnia and Herzegovina is significantly worse than it is in the […]
