The Clout of Africa
The Mint caught up again with US-based, Kenyan economist, Mwangi wa Gĩthĩnji, on how Africa is coping with the pandemic and what that might mean in the long term with …
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Pandemic to create millions of ‘new poor’ in East Asia: World Bank
Up to 38 million people in East Asian and Pacific countries will be pushed into poverty by the coronavirus crisis, the World Bank has said. It will be the region’s …
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The New Map
From the publisher: Pulitzer Prize-winning author and global energy expert, Daniel Yergin offers a revelatory new account of how energy revolutions, climate battles, and geopolitics are mapping our future The …
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The cost of racial inequality is $16 trillion, new Citi report says
The cost to the U.S. economy of not closing racial gaps on wages, education, housing and investment runs to $16 trillion, according to a new estimate that frames a pivotal …
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Sri Lanka’s Ceylon tea workers live under a legacy of exploitation
The descendants of Indian Tamil tea plantation workers remain stuck at the bottom of Sri Lankan society. Many of them continue to work under harsh conditions for a meager daily …
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Richest 1% Of Global Population Causes Double CO2 Emissions As World’s Poorest 50%: Oxfam
Only 1% of the richest of the world’s population was found to be responsible for twice the amount of carbon dioxide emissions as the poorer half of the world between …
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Cambodia’s Microfinance Industry in Troubled Waters
Cambodia’s Microfinance Institutions (MFIs) have been hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic, amid claims that that overlending to poor borrowers, who can ill-afford to repay, has resulted in land seizures …
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Competition is Killing Us
From the publisher: We live in the age of big companies where rising levels of power are concentrated in the hands of a few. Yet no government or organisation has …
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Coop green investment bill blocked by government
The government’s refusal to support proposals to increase the spending power of cooperatives was a “missed opportunity” for the green recovery, according to the MP who promoted it. Labour MP …
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Global Community Has Failed to Meet 2020 Conservation Targets For the Second Consecutive Decade: UN Report
According to a UN report, the international community as a whole has failed to meet key conservation targets set for 2020, with individual countries, too, failing to successfully meet any …
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