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Brazil bets reducing poverty can protect the Amazon

Brazil is shifting Amazon conservation by tackling poverty: a new ARPA program backs forest communities, showing livelihoods ...
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Streets turned into rivers after heavy rainfall in Treze Tílias, Brazil

In recent hours, very intense storms have been recorded in several areas of the state of Santa Catarina, causing flooding in various towns. Trump angered by news that Ukraine may have hit Putin's ...
Houston Chronicle

Houston leads Texas in worst roads—more than half rated 'poor'

Houston's pothole problem isn't just a punchline—more than half of the region's roads are rated in poor condition, federal highway data shows. An analysis by the Transportation Research and Innovation ...
Wall Street Journal

The War on Poverty Failed Them—and They’re No Longer Waiting For Help

WAR, W.Va.—Carolyn Owens was 9 years old when her family became one of the first in America to get food stamps. Her father could no longer work in the coal mines that pock the mountains here after an ...
WLRN

How crime in Brazil drags down the economy and heaps economic pain on the nation’s poor

This article is republished from The Conversation, an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts. Robert Muggah is affiliated with Igarapé Institute and ...
The Conversation

How crime in Brazil drags down the economy and heaps economic pain on the nation’s poor

Dr. Robert Muggah is affiliated with the Igarapé Institute and SecDev. Brazil’s “criminal economy” does not appear on any national balance sheet. Yet the cost of violence, contraband, tax evasion and ...
SFGate

How crime in Brazil drags down the economy and heaps economic pain on the nation’s poor

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Robert Muggah, Instituto Igarapé; Princeton University (THE CONVERSATION) Brazil’s ...