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Eurosceptics on the rise in Italy and in the UK….is the end of Europe as we know it?
Written by Angelo BoccatoThis year’s European elections can definitely be considered the most important since their institution in 1979 and fall during a time where the same ideas of the European project, which finds its original roots in views expressed by figures like Altiero Spinelli and Ernesto Rossi in the Ventotene manifesto. The European electoral campaign in […]
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The Global Economic Symposium 2014 seeks solutions in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Written by Ole WintermannRestructuring Economies, Transforming Societies Over the past few decades, the world has embarked on a course that is unsustainable, inequitable and inadequate in terms of environmental degradation, depletion of natural resources, and transfers between and within generations; income and wealth distribution; global governance. Overcoming these problems requires us to […]
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Politics and ICT4D: a new kind of alliance
Written by Danish AzizPolitics is often associated with power and corruption globally. In the Indian sub-continent, its connotation gets darker, affecting human lives. But it is heartening to see that around the world, politics is embracing ICT as a means of not just propagate their political ideology, but also promoting and impressing […]
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Far Right Rising Ahead of European Elections
Written by Sean StancioffIn less than a week, EU member countries will be voting in the May 22 European elections. The nationalist parties of EU member states are all gaining a huge momentum. Ironically these right wing parties are uniting together to break away from the European Union. Due to years of austerity […]
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Inequality is Uganda’s Social Challenge
Written by MubatsiInequality is a social challenge that exists in every society. There is always inequality among the poor and among the rich. Even in same family if the children are born of rich parents, the children don’t usually inherit the same amount of wealth. Just like there are inter-country inequalities, there […]
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Address Uganda’s Inequality in Education
Written by Ruth Aine TindyebwaHow do we help everyone in the world to become equal? Is that possible? Yes, but we need to have ambition. Ambition, the desire to change the world, desire to be a better person etc. is not something inherent. Or is it? So how do we help a continent with […]