Africa should be concerned about news that the World Bank is looking to migrate from the model that largely relies on funding member states to become a broker of private capital.
South Australia’s Holden plant at Elizabeth will close permanently in late 2017.
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The recently updated Integrated Resource Plan calls for significant investment in South Africa’s power supply. But can the country afford it?
Charitable organisations need support in a number of areas from government and other stakeholders in order to measure and improve on their work.
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A lot was expected from the South African finance minister’s 2016 medium term budget which came amid an unfolding economic crisis including the higher education funding gap.
Who are the winners and losers from recent medical research funding announcements?
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The recent NHMRC funding announcement has renewed criticism about how medical research is funded in Australia. Is the system fair? Or is it stacked against some researchers?
Chinese graduates celebrate. A university degree is a passport to a better life
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There is no such thing as ‘free higher education’. Someone has to pay. And the reality is that low, or no tuition fees benefit middle and high-income families.
There’s no such thing as a free lunch.
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Non-commercial arts organisations face a funding dilemma. Confronted with limited local support, they are forced to rely on inconsistent international donors.
Good ideas from some of the best brains in the game for budding entrepreneurs ready to break the mould.
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This is a list of old and new books on entrepreneurship. The common thing about them is that they give entrepreneurs the tools they need to start their businesses.
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari vaccinates his three-month-old granddaughter with oral polio vaccine earlier this year.
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The health system Muhammadu Buhari inherited in Nigeria is not performing at an optimal level. It has poor governance at the primary health care level and weak collaboration and co-ordination.
Questions are being asked whether the new funding formula will affect output in science journals.
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