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Is entrepreneurship an answer to current job losses and economic difficulties? For those who always wanted to go “their own way” there’s no better time than now to become an entrepreneur. The United Kingdom offers a huge  variety of support schemes and mentoring schemes for aspiring young entrepreneurs. There is […]

On October 7, 2012 at 11:32 PM, Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez emerged on the balcony of El Palacio de Miraflores in front of thousands of supporters to accept re-election through 2019. Thus ended months of speculation. Would Chávez, diagnosed with cancer in 2011, live to the election? Had urban voters […]

The East Africa Future Day took place on November 11, 2012 in Nairobi Kenya. The following video is a collection of interviews about what citizens of the East African Community think of regional integration. It was produced by Searchlight partner Society for International Development with support from the Rockefeller Foundation. […]

One of the first effects of the crisis on Slovakia – one of the most open, export dependent economies in Europe  – was felt when the country’s rich customers started importing fewer Slovak goods. Similar problems have started to occur again recently, with the slowdown in China, a major destination […]

Job stability is passé, and you can be the master of your own professional aspirations, leaning over a post-modern drawing board. You either have found –  if not employment per se – a longer-term vision to pursue, or you are still searching. Here are a few  honest tips how  to approach the search in a post-crisis reality.

The tremors of the world’s economic crisis are never fully resonated in Australia, a country with an advantageous tectonic and fiscal position.