Mexicans surf the web at a ‘digital village’ in Mexico City in 2015, part of the country’s effort to get all citizens online.
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Mexico made internet connectivity a constitutional right in 2013, but most poor people still aren’t online. Research shows that internet access would give these residents more economic mobility.
The largest public housing complex in the country, Queensbridge Houses, is located near the spot where Amazon plans to put a new headquarters.
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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.
Tanzania was one of the first sub-Saharan African nations to embrace family planning as a national development priority.
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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.
Informal trading in Fordsburg, Johannesburg.
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South Africa needs to rethink the role of the informal economy as it mulls over ideas to beat joblessness.
A significant number of South Africans can’t find jobs and scrounge for a living on the sidelines of the economy.
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South Africa’s jobs summit failed to acknowledge fundamental issues in the approach to development and job creation.
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African economies could benefit more from backward linkages to the mining industry than from beneficiation.
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The collapse of the oil price in 2014 highlighted the need for Nigeria to dilute its exposure on the commodity.
A bustling local market in Kumasi, Ghana.
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Policymakers in Africa approach rural and urban development separately. This needs to change.
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Secular countries tend to be richer than religious ones. Now new research shows that it was secularisation which came first.
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The devastating impact of mine closures could be avoided with economic and scientific interventions.
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Increasingly, young people across Africa are taking up Nelson Mandela’s challenge of working to improve the lives of ordinary people.
An aerial view of Seligman, Arizona, looking west, dated March 12, 1971. Route 66 bisects the town.
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‘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.
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Talk of the post-industrial society is mostly hype without evidence.
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South Africa needs to harness its service sector into an innovative and export orientated way to push back poverty, unemployment and inequality.
More and more people are being drawn into slums in Ghana’s capital city, Accra.
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Self-organisation initiatives taken by slum residents across Africa can help urban development.
A women’s savings club in Nigeria.
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If programs don’t challenge the structural causes of gender inequality, microfinance will just continue to reinforce poverty and inequality.
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South Africa needs to review its four years decision to exclusively deliver housing through megaprojects.
Peruvian ceviche doesn’t just taste good — it can be a force for social change.
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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.
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The brewing US-China trade war is probably linked to the Chinese government’s attempts to revamp its industry.
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After centuries of decline and depolulation, the Highlands have thrived under the EU. Now Brexit threatens to turn back the clock.