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The rating IDR at 'BB-', which is considered to be a speculative-grade rating. This means that Fitch believes that Bangladesh has a high risk of default, but that it is still able to meet its debt obligations at the present time

Cara Mía Theatre announces its 2023-2024 season, “Bodies Made of Stories”, with five unique productions dedicated to celebrate and uplift diverse voices through transformative Latinx theatre. 

The US has a long-acknowledged problem of poverty and inherited economic disadvantage — though not for lack of policy interventions. Its social safety net is expansive, encompassing multiple schemes including

From the editorial, "It will take sustained effort and comprehensive reform to get participation close to 100% and make further strides in fighting poverty. But better management, a more user-centric approach and smarter use of technology would be a good start."

America's safety net is much less effective than it should be. That’s partly because many individual policies are poorly designed or not fully funded by Congress. But the system’s overall complexity is also to blame. It makes benefits costly to administer and harder to navigate for many of those who’re eligible for help. According to a new study, less than half of the promised support from seven big antipoverty programs makes its way to the people intended to get it. Steps to remedy t...

Colombian producers have banded together to form PI, a new association of independent producers led by Cristina Gallego.

Researchers at the Urban Institute measured payments through Supplemental Security Income; SNAP; TANF; the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children; Child Care and Development Fund subsidies; the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program; and public and subsidized housing. They found a remarkable shortfall: If each of these programs were fully funded and 100% of eligible beneficiaries participated, payments would double, from $220 billion a year to $447 billion.

A nine-storey car and motorbike parking centre was inaugurated and put into operation in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho on September 20.

The U.S. has a long-acknowledged problem of poverty and inherited economic disadvantage – though not for lack of policy interventions. Its social safety net is expansive, encompassing multiple schemes including Medicaid, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, or “food stamps”), Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) and numerous other subsidies to help pay for childcare, housing, energy and more. All told, such programs receive more than $1 trillion in federal spending...

Ideally, the whole system would be taken back to the drawing-board and made simpler and internally consistent.