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Old-Age Poverty

Australian projects tackling climate change and poverty in Indo-Pacific ‘in limbo’ after Trump halts USAid Old-Age Poverty

Australian projects tackling climate change and poverty in Indo-Pacific ‘in limbo’ after Trump halts USAid

Donald Trump’s “chaotic” freeze of foreign aid has left Australian government-funded projects in limbo, putting climate change, health and education initiatives across Asia and the Pacific at risk, experts say. The Trump administration, with the help of billionaire and unelected “special government employee” Elon Musk and his “department of government…
bubmag
February 14, 2025
Australian projects tackling climate change and poverty in Indo-Pacific ‘in limbo’ after Trump halts USAid Old-Age Poverty

Australian projects tackling climate change and poverty in Indo-Pacific ‘in limbo’ after Trump halts USAid

Donald Trump’s “chaotic” freeze of foreign aid has left Australian government-funded projects in limbo, putting climate change, health and education initiatives across Asia and the Pacific at risk, experts say. The Trump administration, with the help of billionaire and unelected “special government employee” Elon Musk and his “department of government…
bubmag
February 14, 2025
Net-Zero targets unrealistic, overlook energy poverty in developing countries – OPEC Chief  Old-Age Poverty

Net-Zero targets unrealistic, overlook energy poverty in developing countries – OPEC Chief 

The Secretary General of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), Haitham Al Ghais has said that many global Net-Zero policies have unrealistic targets and timelines and have little regard for developing countries with energy poverty. In an article published on the official website of OPEC, Al Ghais argued against…
bubmag
February 11, 2025
Poverty Increases in Pakistan By 7% in 2024: World Bank Report Old-Age Poverty

Poverty Increases in Pakistan By 7% in 2024: World Bank Report

A World Bank report has contradicted the Pakistani government’s claims of economic progress in 2024. While the government maintained that inflation was under control and commodity prices were decreasing, the report reveals a starkly different reality. According to the World Bank’s “Poverty Projections for Pakistan,” poverty in the country rose…
bubmag
January 3, 2025