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Huge amounts of post-pandemic stimulus packages are mostly failing to support action to tackle climate change or halt the loss of biodiversity, but the amount of green spending is slowly …
Spending on green economic stimulus is slowly rising, study finds Read More
The rapid spread of COVID-19 across the globe has left worsening inequality in its wake. The gap between the “haves” and the “have nots,” which was widening before the pandemic, has further …
South Korea’s Vision for a More Inclusive Pandemic Recovery Read More
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 …
Colonial economics Read More
A growing number of poor countries, some already in humanitarian crisis, will soon have to choose between servicing their lenders or helping their most vulnerable citizens, as the World Bank …
The debt crisis looming for poor countries Read More
Are venture capital investors and governments missing the same trick? Johannes Lenhard sees opportunities. Venture capital has had deep involvement in the rise of the digital age. Many of the …
Nothing ventured Read More
Frances Coppola shows where the truth lies. If there is one industry that has flourished under coronavirus, it is the statistics industry. Never have so many statistics been produced, charted, …
Covid confusion: going viral Read MoreThe Mint: Good day, Smita and thank you very much for making some time to talk to the Mint. Smita: I’m delighted to be here. The Mint: I would like …
Interview: Smita Srinivas – India: an even bigger picture – transcript Read MoreSmita Srinivas is an Indian pluralist economist whose work includes examining the political economy of the health industry. India has not had good press over its response to the pandemic, …
India: an even bigger picture Read MoreThe Mint: Good evening Mwangi, and thank you very much for joining us again, three months later, to look at where things have got to in Africa with the pandemic, …
Interview Mwangi wa Githinji – Back to Africa – Transcript Read More
Three months ago The Mint discussed with US-based, Kenyan economist, Mwangi wa Gĩthĩnji, the outlook for Africa in the mounting pandemic. At that time, things did not look good in …
Back to Africa Read More