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Ukraine: is sustainability without machine guns possible?
“You see a semi-human being before you, what the state has turned me into,” – says Vladimir Vladykin in his shocking Youtube video. “I’ve had a 180 EUR disability pension since 2005, and in 2010 the ruling party cut it down to 64 EUR. They don’t need us alive – […]
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Achieving growth and sustainability in the Amazon
The trade-off between growth and sustainability is a popular and much discussed topic in Brazil in these times of sustainable development. On the one hand, most mainstream politicians, the present government included, are enamored of economic growth at almost any cost, hoping this will welcome back foreign investment. Yet […]
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Is the Fabled Indian Growth Story Falling Apart?
A conundrum of modern times, the debate on growth versus sustainability is like the age-old question of the chicken and the egg — which came first? Or in this case it is a question of priorities. Should we prioritise growth over sustainability or vice versa? Or why can’t be […]
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Empowering Women Entrepreneurs with Technology in Ghana
The under-development of the Ghanaian economy can possibly account for the socio-economic and other social challenges confronting Ghana’s youthful population. Currently, there are no jobs and the only option left on the table for the Ghanaian youth is to become an Entrepreneur. Entrepreneurial empowerment, modern technology and strong working policies […]
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Brazil: Free Trade for Countries That Can’t Be Bothered to Do It*
Free trade in Brazil has an inglorious past and an uncertain future. World Bank data shows that as of 2011the country lies at the very bottom of a ranking of merchandise trade (the sum of exports and imports) as a fraction of GDP: less than 20 percent of Brazil’s annual domestic […]