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The Inequality Timebomb: how the financial crisis created a social crisis
Is inequality rising? What are the different facets of inequality? Future Challenges bloggers from around the world write about this critical issue.
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Rethinking International Development Approaches – using a strengths-based approach in Fiji
It wouldn’t start straight away. My colleague Amanda and I would begin our introductions with a traditional Fijian kava ceremony, being welcomed in to the community officially by the highest-ranking male of the village. All seated on the floor, we were placed at the front with our local project partners, […]
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Poland or Coalland?
Dark, smoggy, poisonous … Yes, welcome to many parts of Poland. This is the only EU country whose economy actually grew during the recent recession. But there is a pricetag to be paid for this and that pricetag is the health of the Polish people. Never mind can growth and […]
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Is Norway and its Oil Fund a sustainable “resource blessing”?
The Norwegian Oil Fund reinvests state revenues from the country’s petroleum sector to preserve today’s wealth for future generations. This system brings together growth and sustainability – but does it in reality? Norway is known as one of the richest countries in the world. Its fortune is based on its […]
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Growth and Sustainability: The Pacific Way
The traditional lifestyles of the Pacific Islanders are an epitome of how growth can go hand in hand with sustainability. Growth for them is not about economic acceleration. Growth is more intangible in nature; personal growth, cultural growth, spiritual growth and collective growth. Growth happens within the natural limits of […]