Poverty Archives - Anticentric

Coffee to get more expensive, hard to find as COVID-19 decimates production in Colombia

April 24, 2020 Sergio Held

With COVID-19 lockdowns in place, Colombia may not have enough workers to pick coffee crops and other fruits.

In Argentina’s chronic economic crisis, COVID-19 may simply speed up the inevitable

April 21, 2020 Anticentric

Argentina was already on the brink of economic catastrophe before COVID-19. Things have only gotten worse.

Argentina: Economic crisis, COVID-19 and fears of corruption a volatile combination

April 9, 2020 Anticentric

Argentina’s middle class is reaching a boiling point and facing down yet another deep economic crisis, more corruption and mistrust of the government as COVID-19 lockdowns extend.

Bangladesh on track to pull off a multi-decade economic miracle

March 6, 2020 Alfred Romann

Bangladesh has been undergoing a significant shift that could have a dramatic impact on global supply chains and secure an economic miracle. COVID-19 could put a damper on growth by shutting down factories en masse. Bangladesh has tapped into global supply chains. HONG KONG – Bangladesh is not known as

Inequality, logistics, waste leave millions hungry

February 14, 2020 Anticentric

It is unlikely the world will be able to meet its goal of eliminating hunger by 2030. Progress has been made on tackling world hunger but food insecurity started rising in 2014 (see chart here).. Hunger and undernutrition has a real impact on the global GDP. There are 7.8 billion

Poor countries tackled poverty but deserve more

Poverty, growth and baseless anger

November 24, 2016 Alfred Romann

Poor countries tackled poverty at an impressive rate but their citizens deserve more if they are to truly match the standard of living found elsewhere. People dissatisfied in many Western countries don’t quite know how good they have it right now. Fast-growing Asian countries have eliminated poverty at an astonishing