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Tens of thousands of young women in Ghana have left their families in the country for the country's capital city of Accra to work as "Kayayo" -- porters carrying heavy loads on their heads for as little as AU$1.56 a day.

Girls in Ghana carry a heavy burden

Sep 29, 2009

Why slums are good for the environment

Sep 23, 2009

"Are you going to be unhappy when there's no more perambulators to put your baby in?" We sense the comedian doesn't understand just how serious this whole newspaper death thing is.

Ricky Gervais: newspapers’ future? What a silly question

Jul 30, 2009

With refugees spilling over borders, pirates hijacking ships, and terrorists finding shelter, it is clear that, although Africa's solutions are its own, its problems are not, writes <b>Robert Skidelsky</b>.

The world can no longer afford Africa’s poverty

Jun 29, 2009

The citizens of Kaputei, an eco-town rising from the plains south of Nairobi, finally own something that has eluded them their whole lives: a flushing toilet.

From slums to a shining town on the hill

May 29, 2009

In America, having no car, no washing machine and no checking account means things cost more for the poor than the middle class. The <i>Washington Post</i> explains why.

Why the poor pay more

May 21, 2009

Yes, there were good bits, but as a social document based on fairness, the 2009 federal budget wasn’t crash hot.

2009 budget is oversold and unfair

May 13, 2009

To deal with international terrorism, first world countries need to stop being so consumed by their own problems, argues <b>Peter Hartcher</b>.

First world narcissism

May 05, 2009

With the world gearing up for a year of economic pain like no other, the media has taken up the usual strategy of documenting the devastating effects on the rich, writes <b>Andrew Crook</b>.

Won’t somebody think of the rich people?

Jan 15, 2009

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