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Some may escape EU joblessness in tertiary education

Location:

EUROPE

High tertiary education rates in unemployment blackspots will not necessarily mean a more highly skilled workforce later

Gender equality is a distant but achievable goal

Location:

INT

There has been a robust rise in women’s access to non-agrarian employment and top political offices

Government is yet to stem rise in obesity among Turks

Location:

TURKEY

More Turks than ever are overweight despite government’s awareness of the problem

EU population is becoming more urban

Location:

EU

Trend for people to move to towns and cities is gaining momentum now in Central-Eastern Europe

Ever-rising Turkish population needs fast GDP growth

Location:

TURKEY

Turkey’s population has trebled in 60 years but the rise in its labour force is partly driven by more women taking jobs

More Eastern EU migrants may leave as Brexit nears

Location:

UK/EU

Turnaround in Eastern EU migration appears due to declining UK attractiveness, as a workplace and as somewhere to live

Social cohesion is vital to promote long-run growth

Location:

INT

Strong social and human capital can offset costs such as technologically stranded workers

Stimulating skills is key to emerging markets growth

Location:

INT

Human capital will become as key to low-to-mid-income countries as it is for high-income ones

Problems of obesity will spread in the EU’s east

Location:

EU

EU member states in the east are failing to tackle the growing problem of populations defined as overweight

Inefficiency worsens inequality in Latin America

Location:

LATIN AMERICA

Inefficient spending hampers efforts to reduce inequality in Latin America