economy
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10 October Oct 2016 1410 10 October 2016 Programs for persons with disabilities under threat in Spain & Portugal
Freezing the EU funding will have alarming consequences for people with disabilities. The European Disability Forum raises a red flag
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7 October Oct 2016 1043 07 October 2016 Poverty is not the engine of violent extremism
According to a World Bank study, the socio-economic conditions, poverty or any other sort of deprivations aren’t among the reasons due to which people join the extremist groups
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6 October Oct 2016 1013 06 October 2016 Slow Food: 10,000 gardens in Africa to rediscover community food
10,000 gardens in Africa is a Slow Food Foundation project to relaunch rural African economies by implementing good, clean and fair gardens in African villages and schools.
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6 October Oct 2016 0955 06 October 2016 Rich nations leadership wanted. Only 10 countries left to take 56% of global refugees
Wealthy countries have shown a complete absence of leadership and responsibility, leaving just 10 countries, which account for less than 2.5 percent of world GDP, to take in 56 percent of the world’s refugees, said Amnesty International in a comprehensive assessment of the global refugee crisis.
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4 October Oct 2016 1054 04 October 2016 Africa: Why western economists get it wrong
Economists have moved away from studying poor countries on their own terms.They would explain Tanzania’s lack of development as stemming from its inability to be more like Sweden.
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3 October Oct 2016 0800 03 October 2016 Creating an inclusive Sharing Economy
Business for Social Responsibility (BSR), a nonprofit membership organization that promotes business sustainability, released a report outlining how sharing economy companies can be more inclusive.
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23 September Sep 2016 0918 23 September 2016 Towards a more human and just economy
In a context of increasing inequalities, new economic paradigms, capable of guaranteeing greater social justice, political stability as well as environmental sustainability, need to be defined
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22 September Sep 2016 0843 22 September 2016 Club of Rome: One percent growth is enough
The latest Report to the Club of Rome focuses on three endemic social challenges – inequality, unemployment, and climate change – and offers 13 radical policy solutions for industrialized countries to address these problems without the need for faster economic growth.
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14 September Sep 2016 1629 14 September 2016 65.3 million of displaced people would make up the world’s 21st largest country
Save The Children new analysis of forcibly displaced finds world's fastest-growing population also among the youngest, and nearly last in school attendance.
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13 September Sep 2016 1101 13 September 2016 Will Juncker’s state of the union give hope to the Europeans in need of support?
Employment and social services in Europe seemed to be prioritised by the EU but only in rhetoric. Instead, it is time to act. Open letter to the president of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker on what the European Association of Service providers for Persons with Disabilities would like to hear in tomorrow's state of the union speech