Tag: Poverty & Income Inequality
16 Articles
- Dialogues
Professor Vittorio Emanuele Parsi on the International Order in a Post-Pandemic World
GJIA: In your latest book, Vulnerable: How the Pandemic Will Change the World, you describe a few possible international orders that could occur in a post-COVID-19 world. What…
July 29, 2020
- Dialogues
Dr. Gbenga Ajilore on Structural Racism and COVID-19 in the Labor Market
GJIA: Let’s start off with the big picture. Where does structural racism occur in the context of employment and the labor market, and how does this affect minorities? GA: It…
July 23, 2020
- Business & Economics
The Battle of Ideas in the Question for Wealth and Prosperity in Brazil: Policy Proposals of a Right-Wing Government
For many, Guedes’s policy proposals to lift Brazil from a decade of mediocre economic performance are nothing more than a laundry-list of neoliberal policies. In the 1980s and…
May 17, 2019
- Human Rights & Development
The Human Right to Adequate Housing in India: Obstacles and Challenges
The story of Shakur Basti is not an isolated one. Indian cities, towns, and villages routinely witness forced evictions. In 2017, state authorities across India demolished about…
March 22, 2019
- Business & Economics
The Social Security Data Governance Challenge in Mexico
Proper federal governance of social security data in Mexico has been challenging given that Mexican states run their social security schemes independently. Additionally, only 31%…
October 25, 2018
- Dialogues
Liberia: A Model for Africa
GJIA: In Liberia, as a government minister and as a private citizen, you have lived and served under authoritarian rulers such as Samuel Doe and Charles Taylor. Many outsiders…
April 12, 2018