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Tag: Infrastructure

Germany’s 9-euro transport ticket drives up train trips

12/08/202212/08/2022 - Leave a Comment

 A ticket allowing people unlimited travel on Germany’s trains and buses for just €9 ($9.28) a month has led to a large uptick in train trips, particularly in rural and tourist areas, …

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How 40C heatwave vapourised millions of pounds from UK economy

21/07/2022 - Leave a Comment

The UK recorded its highest temperature ever on Tuesday, exceeding 40C (104F), and prompting a refocus on climate change as the heatwave gripping Europe intensifies. According to the Met Office a record …

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Open source software boosted the EU economy by ‘between €65 to €95 bn’ – report

16/09/2021 - Leave a Comment

Open source software boosted the European Union’s GDP by between €65 to €95 bn in 2018, a new report published by the European Commission on Monday (6 September) has shown, …

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Facebook, telecom carriers to expand undersea cable network in Africa

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Facebook Inc. and some of the world’s largest telecommunications carriers, China Mobile Ltd. and MTN Group Ltd., are set to build a wider-than-earlier planned giant sub-sea cable in Africa. The companies …

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What the UK can teach the world about engaging with China

18/05/202120/05/2021 - Leave a Comment

Covid-19 fundamentally altered the perception that the UK has of China. People in London, Edinburgh, or Belfast woke up to the reality that decisions made by a government thousands of …

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Economic boom in Tangier leaves a few winners and many losers

02/04/2021 - Leave a Comment

Anass Bouzid has long held the dream of emigrating to Germany. He’d love to go to Frankfurt, because the German financial hub is where some of his family live, he …

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The Innovation Delusion

26/02/2021 - Leave a Comment

From the publisher: It’s hard to avoid innovation these days. Nearly every product gets marketed as being disruptive, whether it’s genuinely a new invention or just a new toothbrush. But …

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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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Constructive argument

07/10/202009/01/2022 - Leave a Comment

‘Building back better’ is all well and good but, ask Kate Bayliss, Ben Bowles and Elisa Van Waeyenberge, better for whom?   Investment in infrastructure is a major part of the …

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Coronavirus may trigger debt emergency across Africa, new study finds

24/06/2020 - Leave a Comment

Many African countries could default on debt payments due to increasing repayment costs, precipitated by weak currencies, a ripple effect of the pandemic. But it may also spark digitalization across …

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