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Sobre cómo el empleo es un juego de azar
Written by Amaya Querejazu
Abstract: The rules under which employment is framed are a mystery to me, the criteria on experience and preparation are always contradictory: you don’t need to have experience, yet you need it if your CV is to be considered; competitiveness has created a game in which “anything goes” – strategies […]
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What happens when YOUR problems and MY problems become OUR problems
Written by Ruth Aine Tindyebwa
Julius Nyerere, the first Prime Minister of Tanzania (then Tanganyika) is believed to have been the first prominent politician to discuss the idea of East African Integration. In 1960, when he spoke on the subject, the East African countries Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda had not yet gained independence. When they […]
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INCRA: Germany’s Top Sovereign-Debt Rating Secure Only With Reform
Written by
Our colleagues at the Bertelsmann Foundation in Washington, D.C. have published a new INCRA report. Serious risks to France’s rating; Italy cited for good euro-crisis management WASHINGTON, DC/BERLIN (November 20, 2012) – A downgrading of Germany’s top sovereign-debt credit rating can be avoided only if the country continues to implement fiscal […]
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A Tale of Two Systems
Written by The Singapore Globalist
The recent public scuffle (see YouTube video above) between a mainland Chinese family and Hong Kong commuters may have been a mere indication of a broader cultural clash. It took little to ruffle nationalist feelings – prior to this, girls snacking on trains were not seen as sparkplugs for protests. The […]
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Laos: Different Face of Poverty
Written by AsianTrendsMonitoring
On the cusp of Vientiane’s entry into the WTO, a third of its population continues to live below the global poverty line of US$1.25 a day. The author Johannes Loh describes his observations during a research trip to Vientiane as part of the Asian Trends Monitoring team. Laos is a […]
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Adding Insult to Injury: Natural Disasters and the Poor
Written by Bhumika Ghimire
As Hurricane Sandy made landfall in my home state of New Jersey, eight members of my immediate family and myself were huddled in our basement. Power was out and there was no heat. When I went to my room on the second floor to get blankets for my daughter, I […]
