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Foreign investment could fall by close to a quarter, harming productivity and incomes if Britain leaves the EU, according to new research.
Two academics assess the main arguments made in the government’s EU referendum leaflet.
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For the Paris deal to succeed we’ll need some effective carbon matchmaking.
Turmoil on the left led to a party split in 1983, and today’s circumstances look very familiar…
The way it’s portrayed in the media you’d think it was certain that the internet made children unhappy. The evidence says otherwise.
Amid sluggish global growth and a stuttering UK economy, George Osborne delivers his eighth budget.
Critics say that Thabo Mbeki’s character matters less than his AIDS denialism. But these things are actually intimately linked.
The odds of being hit again by a large flood are higher for cities that have already been flooded before. Here’s why we still don’t move away.
To achieve its ambition of becoming a middle income country, Uganda must accelerate the movement of workers from agriculture and the informal sector into modern industries.
MPs should listen to the House of Lords and to expert opinion, and retain the official child poverty measures.
The debate around around children and online porn is more than just requiring sites ask their age.
The tech industry is booming - so how can we make sure that the cities where they’re based share the benefits?
Zika is quite different to Ebola – and experts would do well to wait before making recommendations this time.
Kampala generates about 60% of Uganda’s GDP. In the coming decade urbanisation is the single largest opportunity to spur economic growth in the coming decade.
Don’t let the u-turn on tax credits fool you, swingeing cuts remain the order of the day in Osborne’s bid to achieve a budget surplus.
Secularism must be part of the debate about religion, not the end of the debate.
New research has shown the benefits of the process that holds public bodies to account.
In the global South, where some argue that “everyone is now middle class”, people are reluctant to acknowledge that they need to borrow money – and the stigma drives them to dodge their debts.
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Assistant Professorial Research Fellow, Care Policy and Evaluation Centre (CPEC), London School of Economics and Political Science
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Research Assistant, London School of Economics and Political Science
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Associate Professor of Law, London School of Economics and Political Science
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MSc in Regulation Student, London School of Economics and Political Science
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Visiting Professor in Practice, Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment;, London School of Economics and Political Science
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Professor in practice and strategic director at the Firoz Lalji Institute for Africa, London School of Economics and Political Science
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Fellow, Department of International Relations, London School of Economics and Political Science
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Professorial Research Fellow of Psychology, London School of Economics and Political Science
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Associate Professor of Anthropology, London School of Economics and Political Science
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Researcher in Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science
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Professor of International Relations, London School of Economics and Political Science
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Visiting Senior Lecturer, Department of Media & Communications, London School of Economics and Political Science
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Lecturer in School of Business and Management ITB and PhD Student in Economic Geography, London School of Economics and Political Science
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Postdoctoral Fellow, London School of Economics and Political Science
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Head of Tax for Growth, International Growth Centre, London School of Economics and Political Science
