Tag: Consumer protection

Socioeconomic Inclusion Why tampon tax removals haven’t worked

At least 18 countries have scrapped taxes on sanitary products - but the price cuts are not always being passed on to women

Ashley Jiang Diana Baptista

Published May 24, 2023

Socioeconomic Inclusion What is the tampon tax and which countries have axed it?

Diana Baptista

Published May 24, 2023

Digital Rights UK food bank users swap face scans for free food

Lin Taylor

Published May 05, 2023

Net Zero Asia and Australia target greenwashing as companies risk penalties

Marianne Bray

Published April 17, 2023

Socioeconomic Inclusion Ethiopia’s inflation squeezes family budgets as food prices rise

Elias Gebreselassie

Published March 31, 2023

Surveillance India e-rupee unpopular as central banks push digital currency

Roli Srivastava Rina Chandran

Published March 28, 2023

Money, Power and People Chaos for patients, hospitals as Nigeria’s currency crisis bites

Bukola Adebayo

Published March 09, 2023

Money, Power and People As US investors buy up rental homes, cities and tenants push back

Carey L. Biron

Published March 08, 2023

Money, Power and People As Philippines scraps jeepney buses, operators struggle with costs

Mariejo Ramos

Published February 27, 2023

Rethinking the Economy Here’s why the world’s current wave of protests is different

Jeffrey Hallock

Published January 12, 2023