A sustainable future begins at ground level
Apr 01, 2024 03:49 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy
In 2015, the United Nations adopted the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as a call to action in global partnership. By 2023 it appears that our progress has been far from satisfactory in achieving these...
Digital trade protocol for Africa: why it matters, what’s in it and what’s still missing
Apr 01, 2024 03:48 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy
In February 2024, African heads of states adopted a draft protocol to regulate digital trade within the continent. This significant yet challenging course for Africas digital economy fits into the broader trade agreement,...
Mar 25, 2024 07:46 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy Business
Shifting Australias electricity sector to low-carbon technologies and closing coal plants is vital to tackling climate change. But such transitions are easier said than done. People and economies are often deeply...
Food prices will climb everywhere as temperatures rise due to climate change – new research
Mar 25, 2024 05:09 am UTC| Insights & Views Life Economy
Climate change, and specifically rising temperatures, may cause food prices to increase by 3.2% per year, according to a new study by researchers in Germany. As climate change continues to worsen, this price inflation will...
Mar 25, 2024 05:07 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy
Alexander Hamilton, one of the founding fathers of the US, wrote a wealth of reports that served as building blocks for the countrys economic system. In 1791, during his time as secretary of the Treasury, Hamilton...
This is how President Ramaphosa got to the 25% figure of progress in land reform in South Africa
Mar 22, 2024 11:50 am UTC| Insights & Views Law Economy
Nearly three decades into democracy, land reform remains central to South Africas transformation policies and agricultural policy. We have over the years pointed out that the progress on land reform has been incorrectly...
Mar 22, 2024 11:41 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy
If you live in New Zealand and youre feeling poorer, youre not imagining it. Stats NZ has revealed the economy was in recession over the second half of last year. GDP fell in the September and December quarters by 0.3% and...
The Alberta government is interfering in public sector bargaining on an unprecedented scale
Putin’s Russia: first arrests under new anti-LGBT laws mark new era of repression
Canada needs a national strategy for homeless refugee claimants