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China’s High-Flying Aviation Industry and the Cost to its Female Workers
Amid fears of an economic slowdown in China, one sector is not feeling the pinch. The Chinese aviation industry has continued to grow at a robust rate following the...
Can the Sustainable Development Goals be Realized in Africa?
Recently, world leaders gathered in New York to commit to the new sustainable development goals. For the first time, a specifically urban goal is among the 17 goals to...
Results Vary Among Surveys on the Number of Disabled in the Workforce
If you keep track of key measures of disability equality in the UK, you will know that the gap in employment rates between disabled and non-disabled working-age people has...
Imagine an EU without the UK
Europe is always a heated topic at a Conservative party conference. This year much debate has focused on David Cameron’s ongoing renegotiation of terms for staying in the EU....
South Africa’s Offshore Economic Solution
The South African government plans to use the potential of the oceans economy to address the challenges of poverty, unemployment, and inequality. The ocean covers 70% of the earth’s...
Tax Havens are Safe from the OECD for Now
The news has been full of stories about how companies such as Amazon, Apple, Google, Microsoft, Starbucks and others are able to shift their profits to low or no-tax...
Uneven Growth During the ‘Decade of the Multilatinas’
Latin American companies have been expanding their horizons over the last couple of decades. From Brazil’s Embraer, which has become a world leader in regional jets, to Mexico’s Cemex,...
Is Education the Answer to South Africa’s Inequality?
South Africa is often referred to as the most unequal society in the world. Business and Economy Editor Andile Makholwa put a few questions to Haroon Bhorat, Professor of...
Did Austerity Work in Portugal?
Austerity works. That is the message of Pedro Passos Coelho, the Portuguese prime minister, to voters. After three years of recession, Portugal registered a return to growth of 0.9%...
Australian Government Support of Innovation Needs a Broader View
The emphasis the Turnbull government is placing on innovation is very welcome. It is innovation, the successful application of new ideas, which will underpin our future competitiveness and productivity....