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By Catherine Armitage.UNIVERSITIES hoping to reap the benefits of the latest golden age of wealth creation will need to stop complaining about these "wretched billionaires who want to get involved". That's the message, crudely put, from Matthew Bishop and Michael Green who argue in their…

The Free Legal Advice Centres (FLAC), acting on behalf of Dr. Lydia Foy, successfully challenged the Irish Government’s refusal to allow transgendered people to alter their birth certificates to accurately reflect their new identities. In a landmark case, the High Court formally declared in February…

Northern Ireland is a deeply divided society where religious segregation is a feature of almost every aspect of life. For example, 94 per cent of children are educated in religiously segregated schools and, unsurprisingly, research shows that high numbers of young children already have sectarian…

The primary health care system in many Viet Nam provinces began to deteriorate rapidly in the mid-'80s as agricultural co-operatives were dismantled under a new Government policy. This deterioration had a particularly severe impact on commune health centres (CHCs), which serve millions of the country’s…

AMIE SMYTH, Social Affairs CorrespondentIRELAND IS among the least prepared states to help new immigrants enter the school system and do well in their studies, an international study has claimed.The Migration Policy Index, which compares integration policies in 31 countries, concludes that “boom time funding…

by Paul KeatingThe political and economic news from Ireland continues to spin out of control seemingly in a more troubled downward spiral as the government collapses, and the citizenry hopes to change that direction with new elections.The doom and gloom cycle continues unabated, so it…

This report aims to increase understanding of the gaps and overlaps in services being provided to address social issues in Bermuda. It is part of the Bermuda Civil Society Project (BCSP), an independent research and data analysis initiative designed to clarify how nonprofit agencies and other…

By David Leonhardt.  “We are against forcing all citizens, regardless of need, into a compulsory government program,” said one prominent critic of the new health care law. It is socialized medicine, he argued. If it stands, he said, “one of these days, you and I…

By Jay Naidoo.  I WOULD like to recommend that we think of philanthropy not simply as a means of "giving back", but as a means of 'giving forward'. Taken this way, philanthropy can be seen as a means to promote the stability of African society…

By Hong Thuy THANH HOA — The burden of bringing up two mentally disabled sons has become easier for 69-year-old war invalid Do Thi Mui since she joined an older people's self-help club three months ago.A lonely and poverty-stricken widow, she often has to spend sleepless…