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South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa arrives for a special executive committee meeting of the African Natoinal Congress to discuss coalition arrangements. Photo by Per-Anders Pettersson/Getty Images

South Africa’s coalition government – making the case for hope

In the wake of South Africa’s electoral surprises and their aftermath, a new dawn of hope may just be possible.
The UN’s Sustainable Development Goals were designed to address extreme poverty, social inequality, the climate crisis and the loss of biodiversity. (Shutterstock)

GDP is not enough to measure a country’s development. What if we used the Sustainable Development Goals instead?

Can the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) help replace traditional growth measures like GDP?
Canada should be making room for measures of personal and collective well-being other than GDP, including price stability, lower levels of inequality and happiness. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

Economic growth tops the priority list for Canadian policymakers — here’s why

Drawing on insights from their recent book, two academics shed light on why Canada’s anemic growth should be a cause for concern.

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