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  • Solomon Islands: young people flock to the city in search of jobs

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    In search of employment opportunities, young people from the outer provinces of Solomon Islands flock to Honiara – the country’s capital – in massive droves.  There, they bunk with their extended relations who live in peri-urban settlements and in overcrowded housing.  The only source of drinking water is from a […]

  • Future Day in Nairobi

    Nairobi Future Day – Guns & Roses: Security, Ecology and East African Integration

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    Date: Mon, Nov 12, 2012 9:00am – 4:00pm Attendance restrictions: open to the public Location: Nairobi     For the next Future Day, the Bertelsmann Foundation is partnering with the Society for International Development with support from the Rockefeller Foundation to create a dynamic event in Nairobi, Kenya. The Future Day will bring together voices from East […]

  • Chandran Nair on the future

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    Chandran Nair, founder of the Hong Kong-based Global Institute for Tomorrow, offers a thought provoking thesis on how WE should start an honest discussion on how to build our common future.