Politics with Michelle Grattan: Phil Honeywood on the challenges of getting international students back.
Michelle Grattan speaks with Phil Honeywood CEO of the International Education Association of Australia about the impact of COVID-19 on Australian universities
Global plastic supply chains have been altered by COVID-19.
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The problem of increasing plastic waste has been exacerbated by the pandemic, requiring better regulation and monitoring to solve.
Threatened by insecurity, farmers in Nigeria’s farm belt are increasingly abandoning their land, leading to higher cost of food
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Nigeria’s post COVID-19 economic recovery plan has resulted in only marginal improvements in economic growth, manufacturing and foreign direct investment.
James Boafo, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) dan Kristen Lyons, The University of Queensland
Ghana is losing out the booming global cashew industry in terms
of job and revenue generations.
Nigeria’s economy is struggling to recover from fluctuating oil price, inflation and impact of COVID-19 pandemic.
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To non-economists, the World Bank ranking Nigeria fifth on the list of its top ten debtor countries is alarming. A deeper analysis shows there is no cause for concern.
Evictions continued despite the ban imposed during the pandemic.
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‘Informal evictions’ in which landlords harass or pressure tenants out of their homes continued during the the pandemic and may have even seen an increase.
The Supreme Court lifted the CDC’s eviction ban.
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Central bankers are expected to discuss the racial income and wealth gaps during the virtual Jackson Hole retreat. But an economist argues that the Fed is not suited for addressing these issues.
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.
Thousands of aircraft were grounded during the pandemic. Now research is showing people might fly less.
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Voters are punishing the Coalition, and particularly Prime Minister Scott Morrison, for the vaccine debacle, but they may yet be saved by a strong economy.
Need to know: people have been more willing to pay for high-quality information during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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We need more research and research capacity that’s better suited to current housing challenges. We must inform housing providers and policy-makers to provide solutions and evaluate those solutions.
West African cocoa farmers are largely poor despite the value of their crop.
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