South Africans would rather see efforts go into tackling other challenges – but climate change will intensify those challenges.
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Education can’t make up for inadequacies in other policies that continue to cause mass unemployment.
A new pan-European research project shows that it’s correct in some areas but completely wrong in others.
Some commentary suggests a causal relationship between hiking interest rates and unemployment increasing. It’s not quite that simple, but the days of record high employment are probably numbered.
The new coalition government must act quickly to address the kingdom’s massive socio-economic problems, and restore faith in democracy.
Sometimes the street trader, roadside mechanic or food vendor is the best person to teach students about entrepreneurship.
Regulating the sex work industry is the only way to protect sex workers from abuse and violence.
Unable to change the country’s vulnerability to shifts in the global and regional economy, the new prime minister Matekane has few economic levers to pull.
The conflation of sex work and human trafficking fuels support for the continued criminalisation of sex work.
The city’s street trading management approach is mainly restrictive. Relocations, harassment and confiscation of of traders’ stock are common.
Earnings of laid-off workers in southern Europe are 30% lower five years later, while in northern countries the decline is less than 10%. The differences are largely due to the likelihood of finding a new job.
Scapegoating immigrants will not result in significantly improved healthcare service provision, reduced crime or less unemployment.
President Joe Biden’s suggestion that the COVID-19 pandemic is over has led to a backlash among some experts who suggest the comment is premature – and counterproductive.
Skills training in Zimbabwe excludes students from poor backgrounds. The informal sector should be used as a training ground for them.
Turns out, job insecurity doesn’t really improve employee performance. What it does do is cause staff to check out and create a potentially unsafe environment.
High unemployment rates are among South Africa’s biggest challenges. Three of the president’s advisors talk through what is needed to change the status quo.
‘Formidable’ writer and inequality activist Barbara Ehrenreich – author of Nickel and Dimed – has died, aged 81. Barbara Pocock celebrates her legacy.
The best way to increase wages is to invest in education and skills.
Angola’s 2022 election is the first in which citizens born after the war are old enough to vote.
Academics provide their insights into the state of the country’s economy, Ruto’s economic promises and what to expect.
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