An important book explores how the super-rich live, and why their wealth harms us all

Many informal workers cannot afford to pay cost-covering contributions, so cross-subsidisation is often needed

Increased use of mobile phones and mobile payment systems opens up unexpected possibilities for insuring disadvantaged people

In times of climate crisis and pandemic, low-income groups worldwide need better access to affordable insurance

Informal workers deserve to be shielded from shocks such as sickness and unemployment

An anthropologist explains what makes indigenous migration from Venezuela so special

Refugee children and their families have a hard time negotiating Germany’s complex, heterogeneous educational landscape.

The Andean countries’ new presidents face major domestic and economic problems

In Arab countries, examples prove that patriarchal family traditions can indeed be changed

Experts do not think there will be a middle class in Malawi soon