When large companies move into an area, the result is often gentrification. When this happens, the economic and social costs for displaced residents is typically high.
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Tanzania was an early, ardent believer in family planning. Now it joins a growing number of developing nations that see potential advantage in having a huge and growing workforce.
South Africa needs to rethink the role of the informal economy as it mulls over ideas to beat joblessness.
South Africa’s jobs summit failed to acknowledge fundamental issues in the approach to development and job creation.
African economies could benefit more from backward linkages to the mining industry than from beneficiation.
The collapse of the oil price in 2014 highlighted the need for Nigeria to dilute its exposure on the commodity.
Policymakers in Africa approach rural and urban development separately. This needs to change.
Secular countries tend to be richer than religious ones. Now new research shows that it was secularisation which came first.
The devastating impact of mine closures could be avoided with economic and scientific interventions.
Increasingly, young people across Africa are taking up Nelson Mandela’s challenge of working to improve the lives of ordinary people.
‘The Mother Road’ is one step closer to becoming a National Historic Trail, which would allocate funds for struggling towns along the original Route 66.
Talk of the post-industrial society is mostly hype without evidence.
South Africa needs to harness its service sector into an innovative and export orientated way to push back poverty, unemployment and inequality.
Self-organisation initiatives taken by slum residents across Africa can help urban development.
If programs don’t challenge the structural causes of gender inequality, microfinance will just continue to reinforce poverty and inequality.
South Africa needs to review its four years decision to exclusively deliver housing through megaprojects.
Pioneering chefs from Bolivia to Brazil are stepping out of the kitchen and into public service. The ‘social gastronomy’ movement uses food to create jobs, prevent violence and boost economies.
The brewing US-China trade war is probably linked to the Chinese government’s attempts to revamp its industry.
After centuries of decline and depolulation, the Highlands have thrived under the EU. Now Brexit threatens to turn back the clock.
Rural development experts say the best way to help coal communities by is investing in people, infrastructure and a clean environment. Instead, President Trump’s budget cuts programs in these areas.
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