Author: The Editorial Team

Food insecurity is one of the major global problems. Many are food insecure in many countries, though food production has significantly increased in recent decades and the produced foods are enough for all around the world. According to several sources including the World Food Programme and the World Bank, hundreds of millions of people are food insecure across the world and the number is increasing. But food insecurity —often defined as a lack of consistent access of everyone to enough food in a household to live an active and healthy life — is more in less developed countries. Given that…

Political stability has been given emphasis across the world for decades. This is because political stability, a state where the political situation of a country is reliable and predictable, is related to economic growth and prosperity, along with many other beneficial outcomes in any country. Definitely, many countries are progressing in economic and other terms because of political stability and politically stable countries are economically more developed compared to politically unstable countries. Political stability definitely fosters the economy in several ways including providing conditions for economic activities, bringing foreign investment and improving economic efficiency. Even though political stability exists in…

Tyre Nicholes, an American citizen, was killed by law-enforcement officials this month leading to protests in several states of the United States. Positively saying, the concerned authority dismissed all five police officials who were responsible for the killing and disbanded the specialized police unit, known as the Scorpion Special Unit, to which they belonged. But this is not the only killing in the United States by the police. Thousands are also killed by law-enforcement officials in different countries each year. Many do not get even justice, even if law-enforcement officials intentionally kill in the name of arrests. Consequently, the killing…

Economic oppression is a cause for concern around the world. Many are oppressed in economic terms by governments and others. Economic oppression, rendered the act of providing economic restrictions on individuals, groups or institutions, takes place in many countries. Economic oppression that can take several forms including the denial of economic opportunities, the practice of economic discrimination based on race, sex, gender, ethnicity and religion, low wage, and bonded or forced labor puts significant hindrances to economic well-being and reduces the chance of development in other aspects of lives. Because of economic oppression, many are deprived of their development in…

Peru has been in political trouble for several years. The latest political protest is going on for several weeks following the impeachment, removal and detention of the earlier President Pedro Castillo, who came to power with a surprising victory over Keiko Fujimori in 2021. According to available sources, the Peruvian Congress impeached and removed the former president on December 7 after his attempt to shut down congress for moral incapacity and Dina Boluarte immediately became the President. But his supporters started protests against the impeachment and detention with the demand for his immediate release, the dissolution of Congress and immediate…

Improved working conditions are very important not only for better performance and improved quality but also for good health, safety and wellbeing. It increases the performance of organizations and improves the quality of products and services through a variety of means including increasing collaboration, boosting organizational culture and increasing morale. But working conditions, or conditions that cover a broad range of aspects in and under which work is performed including working time (hours of work, rest periods and work schedules), physical conditions (space, temperature, lighting and ventilation), legal rights and responsibilities and mental demands (including the scope of work-life balance),…

There is a potential for a global economic recession, a significant slowdown or a massive contraction in economic activities, in 2023. There is a rapid deterioration of growth prospects, though there is a blistering economic recovery from pandemic shutdowns in many countries. Several organizations including the World Bank and the IMF have forecast lower growth. The IMF projected that global growth will fall to 2.7 percent in 2023, with a 25 percent probability of its falling below 2 percent. At least, one-third of the global economy, which has notably contracted and is now in its steepest slowdown following a post-recession…

The immediate past year is marked by many notable good and undesired events in the world. It is marked by the start of new normal conditions after two years of the devastation of the pandemic and economic recovery from the damages caused by the pandemic. People across countries fully re-engaged with their educational and business and other occupational activities thanks to the withdrawal of the lockdown. The full resumption of economic activities helped to recover from the pandemic-caused economic loss across countries. The world also saw the Qatar world cup football in 2022. But the year 2022 is also marked…

Protests have been going on in Iran against the custodial death of Mahsa Amini for more than three months. According to available sources, the current movement, rendered the biggest one after the 1979 Iranian Revolution that ousted the Shah Regime, has already led to the death of more than five hundred protesters, along with several law enforcement officials, the execution of several protesters and significant economic loss. But neither the movement is curbed down nor are the demands of protesters realized. Moreover, how long the protest will continue and how many executions will be there to control the protest remain…

The Russia-Ukraine crisis has been going on for more than ten months. Since the beginning of the ‘Special Operation’ by the Russian army in Ukraine, thousands have been killed, millions are displaced and many energy infrastructures are damaged, along with many other consequences. The war, moreover, brought heavy impacts on many countries around the world especially in economic terms. But there is no convincing ray of hope for the resolution of the crisis. Even if the possibility of talks remains, there is no convincing advancement toward talks among the parties to end the crisis in acceptable ways. Consequently, the impacts…