Data constraints impeding MSME development – A case for Fiji
SAKIUSA NABOU | Micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) are believed to contribute to at least 18 percent of Fiji’s GDP. Now, what… Read More
SDG 1 No poverty
Poverty has many dimensions, stemming from issues like unemployment, social exclusion, and the vulnerability of certain populations to disasters and diseases. The 2030 Agenda aims to eliminate extreme poverty by 2030, which is defined as living on less than $2.15 per day (2017 PPP). While significant progress was made in reducing extreme poverty, the COVID-19 pandemic reversed these achievements, causing nearly 90 million individuals to fall into extreme poverty, marking the first such increase in a generation.
Griffith University is aligned with the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and committed to tackling global challenges around SDG 1 No poverty. Below are some of our outputs supporting this goal.
Building capacity: Climate-resilient development and gender-inclusive entrepreneurship in Mongolia
Download PDF ROB HALES, DHARA SHAH, TAPAN SARKER, JARGALMAA GANZORIG, DAGIISUREN UUGANBAATAR, BATKHUU BUD AND BOLOR BOLD | 15 MINUTE READ | … Read More
Confronting labour market challenges in South Asia: An SDG perspective
Download PDF MOHD AVI HOSSAIN AND IYANATUL ISLAM Introduction South Asia represents a region with multiple contradictions. On the… Read More
COVID-19 in the Indo-Pacific: Gendered risks, impact and response
SARA E DAVIES AND ROBIN E ROBERTS | The global upheaval caused by COVID-19 extended beyond health, affecting food production… Read More
Bridging the digital divide by enhancing effective digital finance usage among the poor | Part 1
RAHUL CHATTERJEE AND SHAWN HUNTER | Rubina, a grocery shop owner in rural Munshiganj in Bangladesh, owns a basic feature phone. Her… Read More
Privatising Poverty Series Part 10: Financial inclusion––the money pump of market-based development and poverty reduction
RON BEVACQUA | This blog series has traced the history of the idea that promoting entrepreneurship and innovation is the key to unlocking economic… Read More
Privatising Poverty Series Part 9: The cult of the entrepreneur
RON BEVACQUA | The prioritisation of innovation, productivity, and growth over income and wealth distribution; technology as savior; government as partner rather than regulator of the private sector; market-based solutions to social and economic problems; and the overall emphasis on individual initiative over collective action––this economic vision did not come from the political right as is often assumed. Read More
Privatising Poverty Series Part 8: New Democrats
RON BEVACQUA | Left-leaning neo-liberals rose to power just as new ideas about economic development and poverty reduction emerged. Old-style New Deal democrats… Read More
Privatising Poverty Series Part 7: The rise of left-leaning neo-liberalism
RON BEVACQUA | This blog began last year by marking the 50th anniversary of a new approach to economic development and poverty reduction. Read More
Privatising Poverty Series Part 6: Meet TINA (again)
RON BEVACQUA | As discussed in the fifth post in this series, right-leaning neo-liberalism is a political project dressed up as economic… Read More
