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6 job quality metrics every company should know. What companies can measure to drive meaningful improvement to workers’ well-being (Marcela Escobari, Brookings)

Today’s labor shortages make it an auspicious moment for companies ready to measure and improve labor conditions. To do so, corporate boards and management...

American Rescue Plan funds can jump-start stalled opportunities for youth (Martha Ross, Lili Allen, Annelies Goger, and Avni Nahar, Brookings)

The $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan (ARP) may have entered—and quickly exited—national consciousness six months ago, but its effects are only beginning to be felt at...

China and Africa—Is it the end of the honeymoon period? (Malancha Chakrabarty, ORF)

One of the most important developments of the decade of 2000s was the rapid growth of China’s trade, investment, and official financial flows to...

“The Great Game” 2.0: Belarus & India: The Way Forward (Yuri M Yarmolinsky, ORF)

The next round of political consultations between the Foreign Ministries of Belarus and India will take place in Minsk on November 1st, following a...

The ASEAN disunity over AUKUS (Gurjit Singh, ORF)

An emergency meeting of the ASEAN Foreign Ministers (AMM) on 15 October sought to restore order in its ranks. It focused on the recalcitrance of Myanmar...

Liberalisation of private schools is necessary for all Indian children to be educated (Vardan Kabra, ORF)

30 years ago, in 1991, a major financial crisis allowed for reform that liberalised the Indian economy, and led to India’s resurgence in the...

Decoding the rising Islamist threat in Bangladesh (Pinak Chakravarty, ORF)

The explosion of communal violence during the auspicious Durga Puja season in Bangladesh surprised the government. It is now clear that the violence was...

The US-Taliban deal on Afghanistan is not a ‘model’ (Kabir Taneja, ORF)

Nearly 75 days after the Taliban seized full control of Afghanistan, the economic and political situation in the country is already pulling Western states...

Syria: Progress still possible, following ‘disappointment’ over constitutional talks (UN News)

Although the outcome of the latest meeting of the Syrian Constitutional Committee was “a disappointment”, members must continue their vital work, the UN Special Envoy for the...

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