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    The relevance of applying an intersectional approach to advocate for women’s empowerment and gender equality in Mauritius

      Sheistah Bundhoo-Deenoo, Lecturer in Management at Charles Telfair Education   The article examines the intersectional inequalities from a gender dimension in the Mauritian context. Intersectional inequality...

    Inequality: troubling trends and why economic growth in Africa is key to reducing global disparities

      Imraan Valodia, Pro Vice-Chancellor: Climate, Sustainability and Inequality and Director: Southern Centre for Inequality Studies, University of the Witwatersrand   Inequality remains on the top of...

    How well is Mauritius protecting its environment: A comparative perspective across tourist-based countries

      Jaime de Melo, Emeritus Professor, University of Geneva   For small island economies like Mauritius, their environment and ecosystem are particularly fragile as trade and tourism,...

    The BRICS Come of Age

      Hippolyte Fofack, Chief Economist and Director of Research at the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank)   CAIRO – Nearly 22 years after Jim O’Neill, then an economist...

    Educating children with disabilities in Sub-Saharan Africa: drawing lessons for Mauritius

      Dr Elena Nikolova, Zayed University, United Arab Emirates (UAE)   Although education is a basic human right, in many developing countries, children with disabilities are excluded...

    Africa is being courted by China, Russia and the US. Why the continent shouldn’t pick sides

      Bhaso Ndzendze, Associate Professor (International Relations), University of Johannesburg   Some three decades since the end of the Cold War, the world order is undergoing a...

    Improving how the IMF does business could help billions of people worldwide — by giving governments money to spend on public goods and increasing...

      Mend Mariwany, Producer, The Conversation Weekly, The Conversation Weekly Podcast, The Conversation Nehal El-Hadi, Science + Technology Editor & Co-Host of The Conversation Weekly Podcast, The Conversation   In...

    Food crisis in Africa: the high cost of imported fertilisers is adding to the problem

      Simon Roberts, Professor of Economics and Lead Researcher, Centre for Competition, Regulation and Economic Development, University of Johannesburg Ntombifuthi Tshabalala, Economist at Centre for Competition,...

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