The love of money
What is the going rate for being a mum? Madhavi Venkatesan suggests it’s time to stop following the money. The pandemic has highlighted the relationship and trade-off between parenting and …
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Three forgotten lessons about the circular economy
A circular economy requires a more holistic view of the economy (image by Tony Biddle 2020). Emma Fromberg retrieves some earlier wisdom. I vividly remember the first time that the idea …
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Plumbers and pedagogues
Does development always eliminate gender discrimincation? Naila Kabeer scrutinises the thinking behind the recent Nobel prize-winning methodology in development economics. The 2019 Nobel Prize in Economics was awarded to three …
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People count
Marianna Leite discusses the need for a global economic overhaul. Since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic we have been bombarded with statements, rapid assessments and calls to action. We …
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Grassroots aid grows in middle-income Chile, as COVID-19 drives new needs
Up and down the length of Chile, people are turning to soup kitchens for their hunger needs as the coronavirus pandemic broadens inequality after lockdown measures shuttered the informal economy …
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India’s Women Bear the Burden of Unpaid Work – With Costs to Themselves and the Economy
India’s first-ever time use survey finds that women continue to do over one more hour of work every day than men. The report highlights the rampant “time poverty” experienced by women when …
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Spot On!
Watch the final presentation and discussion with our expert panel… View the presentation … and hear our expert panel’s reflections. … and read more about this great project and the …
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An isolated problem
Food insecurity grows when the sense of community is low. Megan Blake tells how people have stepped up to the challenge. Kora and Ryan are just starting out on …
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Mutual aid
People pull together when times are tough. Governments should let them. Guy Dauncey explains. In the 1870s there was a surge in the numbers of self-help groups in the …
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Time to be unreasonable
Normality: there can be no turning back, says John Barry. Like buses, crises (and the opportunities that can accompany them) seem to come in threes. First, we have Brexit and …
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