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COVID-19 and protests will shake up US cities

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UNITED STATES

These factors are stoking the urban civil unrest that has flared across the country in the last fortnight. What had seemed a practical matter of managing COVID-19 and…

Tunisian labour union may seek direct political power

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TUNISIA

Exacerbated by terrorism and political feuding between Islamist and secular parties, economic difficulties have provided the powerful UGTT with an opportunity to exert more…

Parts of Greek economy will be unreformed post-bailout

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GREECE

Greece will re-enter international capital markets solely on the strength of its economy, after a near-decade-long recession that wiped out one-quarter of its output and left…

World Bank may shift global financing model for LICs

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INTERNATIONAL

The comments come as the World Bank is pressing donors to provide at least 65 billion dollars for the International Development Association (IDA), the Bank's financing arm for…

Industry needs may prompt East European school reform

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EASTERN EUROPE

PISA measures, internationally, 15-year-olds’ ability to use their reading, mathematics and science knowledge and skills to meet real-life challenges. For the Visegrad Four (V4 -…

GenAI will transform workplace tasks across industries

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INT

Using machine learning algorithms, these tools leverage vast online datasets to create new and unique outputs, such as images, text, videos or code, that appear to mimic human…

Urban-rural linkages could foster growth in Uganda

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UGANDA

Planned infrastructure expansion comes amid shifts in Ugandan demographics with economic implications. The urban population is expected to grow to over 20 million people by 2040…

Nigerian fiscal constraints will fuel academic strikes

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NIGERIA

This follows a September ruling by the National Industrial Court of Nigeria (NICN) ordering university staff to return to their classrooms. Academic staff have been on strike in…

Economic growth will boost Portugal’s government

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PORTUGAL

Portugal is set for the best five-year period of growth since the turn of the millennium, unemployment is falling and public finances are showing positive signs. The upswing is…

Integrating migrants will be a challenge for Europe

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EUROPE

The large number of arrivals since 2015 has highlighted two challenges for Europe: the removal of asylum seekers whose claims are rejected and the integration into society of…