The latest World Bank report on South Africa identifies land reform as critical factor of addressing the country’s economic challenges.
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The latest World Bank report on South Africa addresses solutions to the country’s economic challenges.
Patience might be running out for South African President Cyril Ramaphosa.
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The positive energy that’s greeted the new South African President, Cyril Ramaphosa, will turn to protest if economic challenges are not addressed quickly.
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We conducted interviews with over 60 residents of a tent city. Their voices challenge common misconceptions.
An American suburb.
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Poverty rates across the suburban landscape have increased by 50 percent since 1990. This suburbanization of poverty is one of the most important demographic trends of the last 50 years.
Prince Oguguo argues the motion, “The impact reflected by Trump is here to stay.”
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In the second article in the Oxford-style debate series “The impact reflected by Trump is here to stay”, Prince C. Oguguo argues that Donald Trump’s impact will outlive his presidency.
Disappearing from a high street near you.
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A long read on the decimation of British jobcentres – and why it puts the rollout of Universal Credit at risk.
Social researcher and author Rebecca Huntley, speaking on Q&A.
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On Q&A, social researcher and author Rebecca Huntley said “about 30%” of homeless people have a job. Is that right?
Jobs a-plenty.
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The unemployment rate is now at its lowest level in 17 years and is very close to a 50-year low. Does that mean we’re at full employment?
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A study has revealed how former Armed Forces personnel can get ignored and mistreated by an unsympathetic social security system.
A bridge built by CCC workers, Shady Lake Recreation Area, Arkansas.
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On April 5, 1933, President Franklin Roosevelt created the Civilian Conservation Corps, a massive relief program that paid young men to plant trees and build parks across the nation. It was money well spent.
If we examine the proportion of people employed in Australia, as compared to the US, it tells a very different story.
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Unemployment rates have risen in Australia while falling in the US. But Australia has experienced a much smaller decline in the proportion of its population who are in work.
South Africa needs review policies meant to support people living with disabilities to give them a better deal.
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A new study reveals the challenges faced by people living with disabilities who want to open their own businesses.
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Tax policy favours machines over workers. Here’s how to change it.
One in six working-age people report some kind of disability.
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Only half of disabled people are in work, despite high rates of employment across the population as a whole.
Unemployment remains very low in the UK.
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Turbulent times or business as usual? What the latest jobs figures do and don’t tell us about the British economy as Brexit looms.
Kenya lacks skilled welders who can work on a live oil pipeline.
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To realise Kenya’s oil, gas and mining potential, the sector needs more people with the right skills to support it.
Up to 40% of recent immigrants in Australia are overeducated, making it hard for them to find suitable employment.
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Hundreds of thousands of migrants have come through Australia’s skilled migrant program. But we are wasting many of their skills.
Television news station linked to the Guptas faces imminent closure.
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The only reason journalists will mourn the demise of TV news station ANN7 will be the loss of jobs.
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Can today’s crisis in mental health be seen as the result of neoliberalism, the 2007/08 financial crisis and the austerity policies that followed?
Shoppers browsing vegetables at a farmers market.
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Why are people from some states so much healthier than others? Despite what you may hear, it’s not just about genetics or poor choices.