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1 – 10 of 16The government expects a CAD381bn (USD297.5bn) deficit for fiscal year 2020-21 (ending March 31). It also promised a CAD100bn stimulus package from calendar 2021, in further…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB258154
ISSN: 2633-304X
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Latin America’s population is ageing rapidly amid declining birth rates and rising life expectancy. This is driving a need for urgent action to prevent demographic changes…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB285438
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Workforce gender gap.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB240586
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Women, especially those from minorities, are more likely to have dropped out of the labour force or moved to part-time or precarious employment. Jobs recovery has also been slower…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB257323
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Policy measures taken in response to the economic crisis created by the pandemic have largely been gender-blind, exacerbating the long-standing economic precarity and gender…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB260805
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Her Commission is making a concerted push to advance gender equality. To that end, it has brought forward an integral element of its 2020 Gender Equality Strategy (GES): a draft…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB262703
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Beneath this short-term decline, however, lies a different long-term trend. Especially in developed economies, women’s workforce participation has steadily increased, partly due…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB276508
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The occasion spotlighted that US women are experiencing a slower economic recovery from the pandemic than men, having suffered worse in the first place. Given the long-term…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB260456
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Gender rights movements.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB252125
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Development institutions are adapting their responses to tackle this challenge.