After a 20th-century manufacturing boom, the region has been in a decadeslong decline. Rural factory towns can blame technology and globalization for their woes.
New Zealand is falling well behind Australia in its economic relationship with India. Catching up will require significant political engagement.
Indigenous communities can be involved in renewable energy projects in a number of ways. The benefits of revenues to communities can be important to improving their self-determination and economic reconciliation.
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Indigenous economic development corporations can generate income for communities and support the transition to clean energy.
Supporters of one of several tribal sovereignty bills march in front of the governor’s mansion on April 11, 2022, in Augusta, Maine.
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After 40 years living under a federal law that denied Maine’s Wabanaki Nations the ability to govern themselves, the tribes have been left out of the prosperity other tribes have attained.
Community isn’t just important for social recovery from the pandemic — it also provides an important framework for recovering economically.
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Community wealth building is a direct response to extractive policies and aims to build an economy on the principles of local ownership and control of assets.
The African Energy Commission says expanded access to new, people-centred renewable energy systems will “lift hundreds of millions of people” out of poverty.
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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.
Ghana is a popular destination for Chinese migrants.
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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?
A collapsed bridge in Atlanta in 2017 backed up traffic for a month.
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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 Economic Freedom Fighters’s campaign emphasises national issues.
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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?
Medium-sized towns like Mossel Bay have a key role to play in South Africa’s development.
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The important developmental role that intermediate city municipalities can play in creating employment and stimulating growth suggests they should be prioritised.
COVID and containment measures have brought Afghanistan to brink of humanitarian catastrophe.
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The infrastructure and levels of deprivation in poorer countries have prevented them from benefiting from containment measures as much as richer nations.
Over the past few decades, hundreds of millions of Chinese citizens have become part of the middle class.
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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.
Textile workers at the Fine Spinners clothing factory in Uganda.
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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.