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Colonial economics

17/12/202002/01/2022 - 1 Comment

Post pandemic, which issues need to be added and reincorporated into the development economics curriculum? Kevin Deane asks. There is a strong argument that Covid  is not an external shock …

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Plumbers and pedagogues

15/12/202023/01/2022 - 1 Comment

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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Amazon Workers Are Organizing a Global Struggle

03/12/202004/12/2020 - Leave a Comment

In recent weeks, dizzying statistics have circulated on social media about Amazon’s pandemic-era boom and the obscene wealth accrued by its CEO, and Earth’s richest man, Jeff Bezos. The company reported …

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Unleashing innovation: understanding the UK’s science spending boost

04/11/202006/11/2020 - Leave a Comment

Britain has long considered itself a powerhouse for science and technology. It takes pride in being the place where the structure of DNA was discovered, where the jet engine and …

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Globally, Women’s Workforce Participation Has Not Increased in 25 Years: UN Report

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Women’s participation in the workforce globally has remained stagnant for the past 25 years, and the pandemic threatens to set back the world to pre-1995 levels of gender inequality, a …

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WEF: Pandemic accelerates dramatic pace of change in global jobs

23/10/2020 - Leave a Comment

The ‘future of work’ was already a major topic before the pandemic, with automation and technology rapidly changing the jobs market. That pace of change is now rising fast, according …

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Coronavirus recovery: why local markets are key to reviving our locked down town centres

12/06/2020 - Leave a Comment

During the early weeks of coronavirus in the UK, there was an obsessive focus on supermarkets and how they were handling the pandemic. It was as if traditional retail markets …

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The pandemic could fix the workplace gender gap (or make it wider)

29/05/202005/06/2020 - Leave a Comment

There have been many conversations around how the coronavirus has provided us with an opportunity for a cultural reset and will change not only the way we work, but the …

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New study shows benefits of emergency cash grants for gig workers

21/05/2020 - Leave a Comment

When gig workers received no-strings-attached emergency cash grants up to $1,000, they were able to get back to work quicker after an emergency, felt less stressed, and, in some instances, …

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Could The 4-Day Work Week Be the Way to Recover From Coronavirus? New Zealand Thinks So.

20/05/202021/05/2020 - Leave a Comment

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern suggested that the country should consider moving to a four day work week in order to encourage domestic tourism as the country looks beyond …

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