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Building sustainable roads in emerging economies

09/12/2023 - Leave a Comment

Take a moment and imagine your daily life without roads. Everything needed to survive and thrive — food, shelter, employment, medical care, education — would suddenly be difficult or impossible …

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Africa’s Richest City Is Crumbling Under Chaos and Corruption

16/06/2023 - Leave a Comment

Solomon Owa’s fingers work quickly as he speaks over the hum of his sewing machine. That’s because the hum of his sewing machine might stop at any moment. “In a …

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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

19/08/2021 - Leave a Comment

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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