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Plugging the leaks in Africa’s economies
By Abdul Tejan-Cole - Aug 23, 2015 - Last updated at Aug 23, 2015 23:17
Africa is usually perceived as a net beneficiary of the global financial system, with aid and investment flowing to the continent from riche ...
Bottling the sun
By Steven Charles Cowley - Aug 19, 2015 - Last updated at Aug 19, 2015 22:27
This December, world leaders will gather in Paris for the United Nations Climate Change Conference, where they will attempt — yet again — to ...
The age of megaprojects
By Nancy Alexander - Aug 18, 2015 - Last updated at Aug 18, 2015 22:51
We seem to be entering a new age of megaprojects, as countries, in particular those of the G-20, mobilise the private sector to invest heavi ...
Are we ready for the Chinese version of technical education?
By Nidal Younes - Aug 15, 2015 - Last updated at Aug 15, 2015 22:53
Most countries are increasingly moving away from classic graduate education to the way they can establish new markets, and create new jobs a ...
Women’s rights and customary wrongs
By Tzili Mor - Aug 15, 2015 - Last updated at Aug 15, 2015 22:52
One of the greatest challenges facing women in much of the world is the gap between their legal rights and their ability as individuals to c ...
Francis of the forest
By Bruce Babbitt - Aug 13, 2015 - Last updated at Aug 13, 2015 22:59
When Pope Francis visited Latin America in July, he made an impassioned plea for the protection of the Amazon rainforest and the people who ...
Fat’s heavy burden
By Jomo Kwame Sundaram - Aug 12, 2015 - Last updated at Aug 12, 2015 23:03
Today, about 2.1 billion people, or almost 30 per cent of the world’s population, are regarded as overweight (defined as a body mass index, ...
A climate Apollo programme
By Gus O’Donnell - Aug 10, 2015 - Last updated at Aug 10, 2015 23:04
In 1961, when the United States was faced with the threat of falling behind the Soviet Union in the space race, president John F. ...
Digital wrong turn
By Christopher Engman - Aug 10, 2015 - Last updated at Aug 10, 2015 23:02
When it comes to crafting good digital policy, Europe has failed its first big test.In May, the European Commission announced that it would ...
No agnostics in climate foxhole
By John Hewson - Aug 05, 2015 - Last updated at Aug 05, 2015 23:04
On a recent 14.5-hour flight from Los Angeles to Sydney, I had time to read the columnist Charles Krauthammer’s collection of essays, Things ...

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