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Youth Unemployment and Education in Africa
Written by ArriannaMarie
In the year 2005, Africa’s youth unemployment was at 21 percent, much higher than the world average of 14.4 percent and second only to the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region’s 25.6 percent. Youth unemployment in Africa is a problem of alarming proportions precisely because 65 percent of the […]
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Contemporary Carlowitz – Junge Impulse für die deutsche Nachhaltigkeitspolitik
Written by Ole Wintermann
Der Begriff der Nachhaltigkeit bedarf inzwischen einer Anpassung an gegenüber den 1970er Jahren veränderte gesellschaftliche Diskurse und globale Realitäten. Anbei möchte ich daher auf eine Veranstaltung meiner Kollegen aufmerksam machen, die jungen interessierten Erwachsenen die Möglichkeit anbieten, an einer neuen Agenda für eine deutsche Nachhaltigkeitspolitik mitzuarbeiten. Die Veranstaltung meiner Kollegen bietet […]
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Importando cerebros: nueva política de inmigración brasilera
Written by Mayxué Ospina Posse
Abstract: While the delapidated economies of the so called “first world” strongly beat the European and North American youth, Brazil, by means of an historical inversion, moves forward with safe steps towards the consolidation of a strong neoliberal model, reflecting lower unemployment rates since 2002, and generously opening its frontiers to […]
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The Monsoon in Karachi: Natural Beauty and Man-Made Chaos
Written by Shahzeb Younis
While we talk about the “new” challenges that the megacities of the world are now facing, the ultra-megacity of Karachi in Pakistan stands helpless in front of problems other of the world’s megacities have learnt to cope with. Karachi – the largest city in Pakistan and the industrial hub of […]
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For a nickel, for a dime, there’s a thousand parts to play
Written by Bojana Ruzic
Nickel is as familiar as a five-cent coin. But few people know it’s a metal worth about $ 20, 000 a ton. Estimates show that Serbia has nickel reserves worth $ 100 billion: a very good reason for mining companies to show interest. One company actually got an exploration license […]
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Setting the old against the young: the Uganda scenario
Written by Mubatsi
Competition for the few available jobs in Uganda is pushing the young and old to the wall. Pressure mounted by the young university graduates who seek jobs, recently made President Yoweri Museveni to call for reduction of the retirement age from 55 years to 50 in order to create job […]
