by user_matias | Jan 22, 2024 | Article Eco, Policy Briefs, VoxEU
January 8, 2024 – EMMA WHITELAW AND NICOLA BRANSON Previously published on GlobalDev in English, French and Spanish on November 29, 2023. By supporting social mobility, higher education can help economies become more socially inclusive. However,...
by user_matias | Jan 22, 2024 | Article Eco, Comment Articles
December 15, 2023 – NAVIKA MEHTA DEHRADUN – The existence of “women’s issues” reflects the simple fact that we live in a man’s world. Over the course of centuries, research and policies focused on men became the default, whereas initiatives that account for women are...
by user_matias | Jan 22, 2024 | Article Eco, Comment Articles
December 15, 2023 – MARÍA ALEJANDRA VÉLEZ BOGOTÁ – When Colombia’s first leftist government came to power in August 2022, many hoped that the country’s drug strategy would shift dramatically. President Gustavo Petro campaigned on a promise to move away from the...
by user_matias | Jan 25, 2024 | Article Eco, Comment Articles
January 23, 2024 – NISHA ARUNATILAKE COLOMBO – The World Bank’s Women, Business, and the Law Index has documented a persistent gender pension gap in rich and poor countries alike. This is partly because of gender-based legal disparities, such as a...
by user_matias | Jan 25, 2024 | Article Eco, Comment Articles
January 23, 2024 – ASHWINI DESHPANDE NEW DELHI – In China, the painful custom of binding young girls’ feet to alter their shape began in the tenth century and continued for a millennium, until it was outlawed in 1911. Although the practice did not truly...
by user_matias | Jan 25, 2024 | Article Eco, Policy Briefs, VoxDev
January 23, 2024 – IRINA ESPAÑA-ELJAIEK AND MARÍA JOSÉ FUENTES-VÁSQUEZ Reprinted by permission from VoxDev. Original article here. The global economy is facing a boom in demand for minerals essential to the adoption of renewable energy technologies, including cobalt,...
