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Remote working: how can we enable employees to ‘disconnect’? (WEF)

Umberto Bacchi Remote working caused by COVID-19 has resulted in longer working hours for millions of people. In a British poll released by trade...

India – 6 ways social entrepreneurs are saving lives during India’s COVID-19 crisis (WEF)

Pavitra Raja India is facing a second wave of COVID-19 confirmed cases. Social entrepreneurs are stepping up to help those most vulnerable to the...

USA – Is the US Economy Recovering or Overheating? (Project-Syndicate)

J. BRADFORD DELONG The fact that core inflation is rising on the back of substantial GDP growth and declining unemployment should not come as a...

The Lurid Orientalism of Western Media (Project-Syndicate)

BRAHMA CHELLANEY By trafficking in images of death, suffering, and private acts of mourning, Western media coverage of the COVID-19 crisis in India has broken...

Europe – What to Do About Eurozone Sovereign Debt (Project-Syndicate)

STEFANO MICOSSI, EMILIOS AVGOULEAS Now more than ever, the European Stability Mechanism should be adapted to manage eurozone member states' sovereign debts. Otherwise, the bloc's financial...

Helping the Other 66% (Project-Syndicate)

KENNETH ROGOFF Addressing within-country inequality may be the political imperative of the moment. But tackling vastly greater cross-country disparities – especially those affecting the two-thirds...

There is No Climate Justice Without Racial Justice (World Resources Institute)

David Lammy and Manish Bapna This past year has put a spotlight on the climate emergency and racial injustice. Concern for the state of the environment has never...

How Local Data is Accelerating Land Restoration in Ethiopia (World Resources Institute)

Tesfay Woldemariam, Mary Gronkiewicz and Will Anderson In the 1980s, Ethiopia’s Tigray region experienced famine and drought that affected millions of people. In the early 1990s, local community leaders and...

Pakistan – Tehreek-e-Labbaik (TLP) Protests in Pakistan (VIF)

Tilak Devasher, Consultant, VIF Tehreek-e-Labbaik (TLP) a politico-religious party is resorting to unprecedented rampage across the country. The protests escalated to unmanageable levels post the...

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