This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Nigeria’s Government Enterprise & Empowerment Programme (GEEP) offers interest and collateral-free credit to millions of micro SMEs operating at the bottom of the Nigerian economic pyramid. While it was obvious…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Systemic inequities, a global pandemic, and violence from both state and private actors have created the perfect storm. Black, Asian, Indigenous, migrant, Roma and racialised communities around the world have…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The impacts of invasive alien species, habitat loss and climate change are compounded in small island nations, which are highly dependent on biodiversity for their economic and social wellbeing. The…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The Arctic Ocean has been getting warmer since the beginning of the 20th century – decades earlier than records suggest – due to warmer water flowing into the delicate polar…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In 2006, the United Kingdom announced its intention to reform the framework for assessing and funding research. After two rounds of consultations and pilot exercises, the Higher Education Funding Council…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. With record heat waves globally and extreme flooding affecting Europe and China, now is a pivotal moment to interrogate the interplay of technology and the environment, including the role of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Credit cards. Bank accounts. ATMs. These are simple tools that many of us take for granted. Even if we’re struggling financially, thanks to an elaborate system of banks and credit,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Before the COVID-19 pandemic engulfed the world, a silent pandemic had already taken root, prolonging hospital stays, making routine surgeries more hazardous, and causing more than 700,000 deaths per year.…
Giving Compass’ Take: • Belinda Archibong and Francis Annan share how unethical and dangerous vaccine testing shapes communities’ perception of vaccine safety for years to come. • What role can donors play…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The emergence of the heavily mutated Covid-19 variant Omicron has thrown a spotlight on huge disparities in vaccination rates around the globe. Its appearance comes as many richer nations are…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. We must take the opportunity offered by events to reconfigure the world’s food systems – and that involves seeing them as systems When we first sat down to conceptualise this issue, we…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Surfers and beach-goers are ‘canaries in a coal mine’ when it comes to threats to our ocean, waves and beaches. We are the first to see impacts from pollution, poorly…