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Street traders in South Africa play a significant role in the country’s economic and social development and deserve to be protected in terms of the Constitution.
Opportunities for social mobility, rather than simply economic incentives, have generated emigration from China to countries like Ghana.
Buyers are avoiding Russian oil in response to the war in Ukraine. Can smaller producers leverage this moment to strike favorable deals with big oil companies?
As President Biden signs the bipartisan infrastructure bill, it’s important to determine which road, freight and information networks are the most vital to protect.
The 2021 election will define for citizens important aspects of South Africa’s political future. What is the governing ANC’s future, and what was the impact of President Ramaphosa on this election?
The important developmental role that intermediate city municipalities can play in creating employment and stimulating growth suggests they should be prioritised.
The infrastructure and levels of deprivation in poorer countries have prevented them from benefiting from containment measures as much as richer nations.
If China’s economy recovers from the pandemic, its authoritarian political system could become even more influential around the world.
GDP only measures economic growth – not inequality, poverty or unpaid work like elder care. So researchers in the Netherlands developed a new way for governments to see how people are actually doing.
Industrialisation was key to long-term economic growth in the west and Asia. After years of going in the wrong direction, new research suggests that many African countries have seen a turnaround.
Agreements between the EU and its partner countries for fishing rights could be a great vehicle to push sustainability but more must be done before we can say they are doing that.
Urat village is one of Indonesia’s many potential for rural tourism. However, study finds that indigenous people still feels left out to develop their own tourism business in their own areas.
Hip food offerings can signal that a neighborhood is gentrifying – especially when they repackage traditional foods for wealthy white eaters.
The SNP administration has adopted a fashionable so-called ‘mission-oriented’ approach for its flagship economic development plan, but it looks a lot like mission impossible.
If South Africa focuses on getting more PhDs, universities will also increase other graduates in the pipeline.
Economic and political trends are driving a shift away from coal. What kind of assistance do coal workers and communities need?
Yerba mate is a wildly popular South American tea with a growing global market. Can this ‘superfood’ save Paraguay’s tropical forests, too?
Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer win the Nobel Prize for Economics ‘for their experimental approach to alleviating global poverty’.
Sometimes birthdays are best let pass quietly. The Liberals are finding the 75th anniversary of their founding another unfortunate occasion for the blood sport they thought they’d put behind them.
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Assistant Professor in Development Studies, University of Cambridge
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Research Active Lecturer, Discipline of Psychology, Charles Darwin University, Charles Darwin University
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Associate Professor in Strategy and International Business, University of Birmingham
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Teaching Assistant Professor, University of Pittsburg and Visiting Associate Professor, The University of Osaka, University of Pittsburgh
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Professor of Rural-Urban Policy, The Ohio State University
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Professor of Environment and Society, University of Essex
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Eugene M. Isenberg Chair in Integrative Studies, UMass Amherst
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Academic Director, School for International Training, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Research Fellow New South Institute, Emeritus Professor at The Nelson Mandela School of Public Governance, University of Cape Town
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Chair Professor of Business Analytics, University of Surrey
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Assistant Professor of Human Development and Family Science, The Ohio State University
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Adjunct professor, Charles Sturt University
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Dean of Business School, University of Southern Queensland
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Professor of Economics and Public Policy at the Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford; Director of the Centre for the Study of African Economies; a CEPR Research Fellow; and Professorial Fellow of St Antony’s College, Oxford., University of Oxford
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Chair in Governance, University of Southampton