Many low and middle-income countries face a myriad of challenges. But policies that can address them are few and far between. The challenges include high and rising inequality, budget crises and the ongoing pandemic.
Economics & Business
Nov 8, 2021
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How can mentors and social workers foster the vocational identity of at-risk youth and improve their prospects? This is the subject of Rineke Keijzer-Groot's thesis. She is a dual Ph.D. candidate at ICLON and Dual Ph.D. Centre. ...
Social Sciences
Nov 8, 2021
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Facebook—its new corporate name is Meta—has always wanted to get to know you. Its public goal has ostensibly been to connect people. It's been wildly successful in doing so by building out what can only be called everyday ...
Social Sciences
Nov 8, 2021
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The year 2021 will likely be one of the worst for glaciers in southern British Columbia, Alberta, Washington and Montana.
Environment
Nov 8, 2021
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In 2020, for the first time in Australia, more than half the shareholders of a public company voted in support of a climate change resolution put forward by shareholders in the face of opposition from the company's board ...
Economics & Business
Nov 8, 2021
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Some schools around Australia, and elsewhere, have replaced individual desks with circular booths and shared tables for collaborative work.
Education
Nov 8, 2021
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Feeling anxious about the ecological crises we face is entirely understandable, given the enormity of the threats.
Environment
Nov 8, 2021
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Shipping, which transports 90% of the world's trade, contributes nearly 3% of global emissions—a little more than the carbon footprint of Germany. If gone unchecked, this share could increase to 17% by 2050 as the world's ...
Environment
Nov 8, 2021
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Around 56 million years ago, Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM), one of the most famous historical hyperthermal events, led our planet to a super greenhouse condition. It is very important for us to understand how it ...
Ecology
Nov 8, 2021
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The field of aquaponics has recently yielded a new plant-fish combination. For the first time, a salinity-tolerant plant commonly known as glasswort, or sea asparagus, has been grown together with flathead gray mullet (Mugil ...
Plants & Animals
Nov 8, 2021
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