The first microloans were made to women in rural Bangladesh in the 1970s. Banesa Khatun (far left) here in 2006, was still using Grameen Bank 30 years later.
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Quanda Zhang, RMIT University
A new study finds that giving small loans to very poor people reduces both the incidence and depth of poverty in the developing world.
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Arts + Culture
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Thi Hong Ha Hoang, Université Paris Nanterre – Université Paris Lumières
One of the many roles of Vietnam’s fascinating “cult of heroes” is to ensure government control over religious feeling, channeling it into nationalism.
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Environment + Energy
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Andrew Hopkins, Australian National University
By capturing Arctic methane emissions, the gas industry could join the fight against climate change.
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Politics + Society
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Benjamin Isakhan, Deakin University; Jose Antonio Gonzalez Zarandona, Deakin University
The Great Mosque of Mosul - with its iconic leaning minaret - appeared on one of Iraq's banknotes. Its destruction by the Islamic State is an act of great symbolic importance.
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Daisy Maritim-Maina, SMC University
Kenya must address the problem of tribalism and ethnic violence. To do this leaders must critically examine the concept of political ideology.
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