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The pandemic has left many looking for work as part of a longer term decline.
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Jobs, economic growth, wages growth and even home price growth are likely to look less threatening by the time we are asked to vote.
“Heigh-ho, heigh-ho, it’s back to work we go.”
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October’s employment report was rosy, with more than 500,000 jobs added in the month. There were also signs that the American workforce was heading back to the old normal.
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One million Australians quit their jobs in the past year, but there’s nothing new in that, and its down on previous years.
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Some in government and industry aim to fill Australia’s skills shortages with migration policies. But VET numbers are up, suggesting many Australians are re-skilling. We could encourage more of this.
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A new book tells the story of the offices and frontline staff who work with Australia’s most disadvantaged job seekers.
Ederies Samodien offers a child apples at a shack settlement as part of a poverty relief effort in Cape Town. Almost 56% of South Africans live in poverty.
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There’s a crucial need to connect the most vulnerable people with public services in order to tackle systemic poverty and disadvantage. An integrated approach is key.
After recent supply chain difficulties, is there smooth sailing ahead?
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Job creation might well have slowed, but a deeper dive into employment data suggests the picture is actually pretty rosy.
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There’s no convincing evidence that listing on the alternative stock exchange promotes growth and sustainability for small and medium sized firms.
Hardship will be more pronounced in the capital.
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Several groups are going to be disproportionately affected when the £70 billion scheme comes to an end.
Young South Africans are bearing the brunt of the country’s high joblessness numbers.
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South Africa’s youth unemployment tax incentive is effectively a subsidy to the profits of companies.
State-owned enterprises, such as Transnet, which runs South Africa’s ports, loom large over the economy.
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Corruption and fraud make a few rich households richer. But the already poor and low-skilled lose their jobs and become poorer.
The International Airport Road Lagos, Nigeria deserted during COVID-19 lockdown.
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Almost all the people in the study were experiencing feelings like anxiety, worry, anger, boredom or frustration.
Young people wait to register at a South African university in 2012. They are bearing the brunt of high levels of unemployment.
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Can the structural barriers to low-skilled employment growth be overcome?
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Politicians should take into account the psychological impact of being jobless.
Unemployed men seek casual jobs from passers-by on a road in Cape Town, South Africa.
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Recent developments in the organisation of production have led to the decline of wage employment across much of the world.
South African president and leader of the ruling ANC Cyril Ramaphosa.
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The ANC did not create most of the patterns for which it is blamed. But it has done far too little to change them and often seems happy simply to live with them.
Millions of young Nigerians live on the streets of Lagos and survive through street trading.
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Youth unemployment in Nigeria is a skills mismatch problem – corporations can’t find suitable workers in the midst of a large pool of unemployed workers.
Nigeria recently started commercial operation of a China-assisted railway linking the southwestern cities of Lagos and Ibadan.
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In his new book, Nigeria Democracy Without Development: How To Fix It, international political economist Omano Edigheji explains why democracy has not led to development in Nigeria.
Finance Minister Grant Robertson delivering the 2021 budget, which included the proposed social insurance policy.
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It’s potentially the biggest change to welfare since ACC and would favour those on higher pay – so why does the public know so little about it?