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1 – 10 of 13The number of digital gig workers increased, mainly in relatively low-paid driving jobs involving home deliveries and transportation. There has been a significantly smaller…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB273699
ISSN: 2633-304X
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As the need for cheap and low-skilled labour falls, wage differentials between Africa and other regions will cease to be a major draw for multinational firms and foreign…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB261723
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However, the same digital technologies have provided illiberal governments with powerful means of controlling citizens and stifling dissent, making repression more pervasive and…
The security of high-profile and sensitive processes such as elections is particularly significant as it has implications for both government legitimacy and political stability.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB262912
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While access to schools has expanded in low- and middle-income countries in recent decades, learning outcomes have not seen a corresponding improvement. The onset of school…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB258402
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However, early hopes that digital technology would rapidly overcome the continent’s infrastructural weaknesses and enable governments to achieve 2030 UN Sustainable Development…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB257831
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Most users’ interaction with the internet occurs wirelessly but underpinning global data delivery are hundreds of submarine cables that traverse the ocean floor. The sector’s…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB262379
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However, this recovery remains below global growth for the second consecutive year, further widening global income disparities and possibly undermining crucial domestic spending…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB265776
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It is still one goal, but Beijing also aspires to transform African economies to create opportunities for an increasingly diverse range of Chinese exporters and investors, and to…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB257214
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Civil society actors routinely use social media to spread content that fuels anti-government sentiment, to organise demonstrations and to document and amplify protest actions…