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Mar 12, 2024 · As environmental, social and humanitarian crises escalate, the world can no longer afford two things: first, the costs of economic inequality; and second, the rich. Between 2020 and 2022, the ...
- Sudan. The ongoing war between the Sudanese Armed Forces and Rapid Support Forces has propelled Sudan to the top of the 2024 Emergency Watchlist - and pushed the country to the brink of collapse.
- Occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) Gaza enters 2024 as the deadliest place for civilians in the world. Residents are enduring the brutal consequences of the latest round of conflict between Israel and Hamas, which is being fought without sufficient regard for the international laws and norms built to protect civilians even in the most dire circumstances.
- South Sudan. South Sudan has faced insecurity since its independence from Khartoum in 2011. Going into 2024, the war across the border in Sudan threatens to undermine South Sudan’s fragile economy and worsen political tensions.
- Burkina Faso. Burkina Faso is facing rapidly growing and spreading violence as the Burkinabe military struggles to contain armed groups. Roughly half of the country is now outside government control, with armed groups including Islamic State in the Greater Sahara (ISGS) and Jama'at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM) blockading cities and towns and preventing residents from accessing basic goods and services.
Jan 10, 2024 · The World Economic Forum’s Global Risks Report 2024 says the biggest short-term risk stems from misinformation and disinformation. In the longer term, climate-related threats dominate the top 10 risks global populations will face. Two-thirds of global experts anticipate a multipolar or fragmented order to take shape over the next decade.
- Sudan’s Cost of Living Catastrophe
- Afghanistan's Cost of Living Crisis
- Lebanon's Cost of Living Crisis
- Somalia’s Cost of Living Crisis
- What Is The International Rescue Committee?
Sudanranks at the top of the IRC's Emergency Watchlist for 2024, which analyzes and ranks the countries most likely to experience a deteriorating humanitarian crisis. After one year of fighting, the country is experiencing the world's worst displacement crisis and one of the world’s worst hunger crisis. Humanitarian needs have more than doubled sin...
Since the shift in power in Afghanistanin August 2021, the country has experienced near economic collapse. Policies meant to isolate the Taliban by cutting off Afghanistan from the international financial system have crippled the national economy. Ordinary Afghans have paid the price of an economic crisis that left millions of people without a sour...
One of the most severe inflation crises ever recorded has led to an economic collapse in Lebanon, leaving an increasing number of people unable to meet their basic needs. The economic turmoil in Lebanon also impacts the 1.5 million Syrian refugees who have found safety in the country. Since 2019, Lebanon’s GDP has shrunk 40% while consumer prices c...
Somalia’s economic outlook has been hampered by a series of shocks that have made it increasingly difficult for people to afford basic necessities. A series of climate-induced disasters and ongoing political unrest have left Somalis with an extreme cost of living crisis. Somalia’s recent drought was the longest and most severe in four decades, and ...
The International Rescue Committee (IRC) helps people affected by humanitarian crises to survive, recover and rebuild their lives. Our cash relief program helps clients purchase basic necessities and regain control of their lives. Emergency cash assistance programsin places like Sudan, Somalia, Afghanistan, and Lebanongive families the power to cho...
Jul 2, 2024 · Next year, interest payments will top $1 trillion on national debt of more than $30 trillion, itself a sum roughly equal to the size of the US economy, according to the Congressional Budget Office ...
Dec 14, 2022 · 9. Haiti: Gang violence and climate change combine for chaos. Haiti makes it into the Watchlist top 10 as political instability and gang violence surge following the assassination of President Jovenel Moise in 2021. Armed gangs regularly take control of distribution routes, causing shortages of basic goods and fuel.
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The one thing we really can’t afford during this latest crunch – today’s cost-of-living crisis – is to leave finance untaught to yet another generation. This first white paper from the MAIAs team looks at our global failure to teach how money works. It shows a universal problem, impacting young and old, from America to Africa and Asia ...
