Ghana's informal urban markets play a key role in the country's economy. They employ more than 80% of the people who work in the informal sector. They create livelihoods for traders, give urban residents access to essential ...
Economics & Business
May 30, 2023
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Having highlighted the failures and fragility of a globalized food system, the COVID-19 pandemic created a sudden infatuation with local consumption, which was widely encouraged by the Québec government as a measure to mitigate ...
Ecology
Apr 25, 2023
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A group of UBC Okanagan researchers is trying to take the mathematical mystery out of what could be a person's biggest investment—buying a home.
Economics & Business
Apr 6, 2023
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Gentrification doesn't erase drug crime and gun violence. Instead, research from West Virginia University economist Zachary Porreca shows that when one urban block becomes upwardly mobile, organized criminal activity surges ...
Social Sciences
Feb 27, 2023
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The new BBC podcast, Buried, by investigative journalists Dan Ashby and Lucy Taylor, is a compelling look at how criminals are infiltrating the U.K. waste disposal system. It opens with a tape recording by a trucker, on his ...
Environment
Feb 7, 2023
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New Zealand is one of only a few island nations that could continue to produce enough food to feed its population in a nuclear winter, researchers have found.
Agriculture
Feb 7, 2023
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The housing prospects for young people in the U.K. were completely changed by the global financial crisis of 2007–09. While the government largely succeeded in rescuing the banks and the housing market, it created an environment ...
Economics & Business
Feb 1, 2023
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Traditional confectionary in Thailand is getting crowded out of the market by major western brands; but a new study suggests local manufacturers can fight back by using their country's local heritage and culture to gain competitive ...
Economics & Business
Jan 31, 2023
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Employees at public companies tip their taxi drivers more on days when their companies perform well in the stock market, according to new research from Binghamton University, State University of New York.
Social Sciences
Jan 11, 2023
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Indonesia's mangroves and seagrass are one of the key to global climate mitigation efforts, as they store around 17% of the world's "blue carbon".
Environment
Dec 22, 2022
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