economy
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16 March Mar 2016 0948 16 March 2016 Bitcoin potential for underdeveloped countries
The advent of digital currencies, such as Bitcoin, marks the beginning of a new era. However, its potential for building truly empowering social and solidarity-based finance has yet to be tested. A UN study provides a primer on the basics of Bitcoin and the technology’s potential to facilitate financial inclusion, cooperative structures and even micro-insurance systems.
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3 March Mar 2016 1643 03 March 2016 Inequality, the environment, and protecting future generations
The African, Carribean and Pacific group of states (ACP) and the EU’s trade and development cooperation treaty, the Cotonou Agreement, is up for renegotiation by June of this year. Civil society organisations are calling for an agreement that tackles inequality, and includes the commitments made at COP21.
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2 March Mar 2016 0947 02 March 2016 Is ethics a good business?
After the scandal of the VW cheating pollution emissions tests in the US, there are plenty of people and organisations that are calling for more ethical business practices. A new Report shows that the global business ethics landscape seems to be moving in a positive direction, but there is still much to do to earn public trust.
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1 March Mar 2016 1216 01 March 2016 Social enterprises thriving in the UK
The SE100 Annual Report 2015 has been published, and the results are telling. With social enterprises gaining more traction, the SE100 shows that social enterprises in the UK are making a substantial impact, and have the potential to go even further in the coming years.
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29 February Feb 2016 1104 29 February 2016 Rough times for democratic change
The state and challenges of democracy and market economy in the world according to the findings of the Bertesmann Stiftung's Transformation Index (BTI) which has analyzed 129 developing and transformation countries biennially since 2006.
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26 February Feb 2016 1340 26 February 2016 Putting the social and environmental in business
The Social Enterprise World Forum 2016 will be taking place in Hong Kong this September 2016. By bringing together social enterprises from all over the world, the forum aims to support and enhance those engaging in business that puts communities and the environment at the centre of their mission.
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26 February Feb 2016 1014 26 February 2016 The important role of immigrants in our economy
Too much of the rhetoric on immigration focuses on things like stealing jobs from locals, more criminal violence and increasing the burden of government for the native-born. Contrary to those concerns, recent studies show that migrants represent an important pool of potential entrepreneurs. They creates jobs and value, both economically and of a more socio-cultural nature.
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24 February Feb 2016 1520 24 February 2016 Tax treaties contribute to fuelling inequality in the world's poorest countries
Inequality is one of the buzzwords of 2016, and tax treaties are contributing to global inequality. By using this little-known mechanism, richer countries and multinationals rob poor and developing countries of valuable tax revenue that could otherwise go towards funding healthcare and education, especially for women and children.
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23 February Feb 2016 1131 23 February 2016 Green bonds: an investment for the future of the planet?
In times when climate change and environmental degradation have emerged as some of the major global challenges, it has been estimated that approximately $10 trillion will be required in the coming decade to fund the transition to a low-carbon economy. How to pay for it? The growing market of green bond seems to serve as the answer to the climate change.
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10 February Feb 2016 1009 10 February 2016 Why economic growth doesn’t always translate to happiness
“Happiness does not mean being ecstatic: it is the avoidance of misery, the gaining of long-term life satisfaction, the feeling of fulfilment, of worth, of kindness, of usefulness and of love. We need new measures of what matters most to us”, says Danny Dorling