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Five reasons why it's hard to stop migrant abuse in the Gulf
'Like slaves': Lebanon's delivery riders struggle as crisis bites
'Wage theft' in UAE robs African deportees of future
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Afghan women under Taliban rule
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Climate change and a 'just transition'
'What about us?' Thai budget businesses fear premium tourist focus
Click selfie, vote: India tests mobile ballot despite privacy fear
EXCLUSIVE-WHO-led programme aims to buy antiviral COVID-19 pills ...
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EXPLAINER: What is 'net zero' and why does it matter?
Black Americans, women make strides on top U.S. corporate boards
Afghanistan's economic collapse could prompt refugee crisis - IMF
As women flee Afghanistan, brain drain hits economy and hopes
U.S. minority founded venture capital funds push for change
Rio Tinto inquiry proposes Aboriginal heritage protection rules
India vaccine effort slows as gap between doses outpaces rollout
Merck COVID-19 pill risks further vaccine inequality
'It's our stuff': consumers wage right-to-repair revolution
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Moon dust: Greenland's recipe for saving Planet Earth
Afghans get food, blankets, cash in aid as hunger and cold loom
As post-COVID travel picks up, should we cut business flights?
IN PICTURES: Four Afghan women tell of lives upturned by Taliban
Poor countries' debt rose 12% to record $860 bln in 2020
Can mentoring help more Black Britons get boardroom jobs?
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How will Taliban rule impact girls' education in Afghanistan?
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Why are power outages paralyzing Lebanon?
Afghans embrace cryptocurrency amid financial chaos
Lebanon's crisis pushes mental health services to the limit
U.N. chief appeals for $8 bln to equitably vaccinate 40% of world
Africa vaccine plant planned as drugmakers urged to protect poor
Afghan women launch refugee school on U.S. army base
One month on, El Salvador's bitcoin use grows but problems persist
Development banks linked to nature loss worth $800 bln per year
Mozambican slave descendants fight for snatched S. African land
'Digital divide' hits rural Black Americans hardest
Who wins, who loses from the boom in climate prediction startups?
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Facebook down: What the outage meant for the developing world
Can COP26 help poorer countries save the world?
Lebanon collapse: Digital vigilantes hold powerful to account
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Pandora Papers: How the powerful hide wealth offshore
Pandora Papers allegedly link world leaders to secret wealth
Sitting pretty? Indian shop workers win the right to a chair
No place like home: Afghan evacuees caught in US housing crisis
Asia's gig workers strive to match global gains on labour rights
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U.S. states outlawing education on critical race theory
Canada marks first national holiday for indigenous reconciliation
Almost half of Argentines in shadow of poverty
Homestays open doors to financial freedom for women in South Asia
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About our Economies coverage

We report on how to ensure people globally have economic security and a decent standard of living.

Opinion

Cara Jenkinson Ashden

Why tackling the green skills shortage is vital

To add heat pumps, we first need the people trained to install them
Jessica McGoverne Sedex

How to identify and prevent forced labour in global supply chains

Organisations must always consider the possibility that forced labour is occurring, particularly if their supply chains are long, multi-tiered, and range across several countries
Gavin Hayman Open Contracting Partnership

Public procurement is having a reckoning

Rich nations must make procurement open and fair to avoid obscene waste in recovery spending
Craig Fugate One Concern

The climate has changed - but we haven't

Surging climate-related disasters now demand an entirely new approach to understanding and acting on climate risk

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Who wins, who loses from the boom in climate prediction startups?
'Doxxing' activists dole out virtual justice for Lebanon collapse
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As Amazon destruction continues, Brazil faces future of floods, drought
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INSIGHT - If your coffee's going downhill, blame climate change

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Vienna's refugee hotel
Danish 'sex ambulance' seeks to protect sex workers
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Shaking up farming in rural Nepal
Savings, trainings help Burmese farmers survive extreme weather

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As post-COVID travel picks up, should we cut business flights?
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