By Pete Darvas and Kabira Namit * Originally posted on the World Bank blog “Education for Global Development” In March 2014, Liberia announced that there were two suspected cases of Ebola in Lofa and Nimba counties. Six months later, Ebola … Continue reading School enrolment in Liberia higher than before the Ebola epidemic
Sitting at the big table means you have to take responsibility for your work. According to Yuan Yang of Rethinking Economics in this article, Krugman supposes that economists should not be blamed for the lack of political action to deal … Continue reading #PolicyBlog Grow up Economists!
By Maria Dahl, Junior Consultant at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Paris A solution to the alleged skills mismatch between labour supply and demand The so-called ‘unskilled Generation Y’ might not be so inadequate. On-the-job training has almost … Continue reading Why aren’t rich companies and highly skilled candidates a match made in heaven?
By an ECON+ Member For the past few months, a colossal amount of immigrants, mostly from sub-Saharan Africa, have tried to break through the Spanish enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla, located in the Northern part of Morocco in a desperate … Continue reading Irregular Migration In The Face Of Persistent Inequality
13.30 It’s time to wrap up. Before leaving, Davies tell us he’ll be doing a talk about Britain’s relationship with Europe, called “No sex please, we’re British” at Sciences Po, Paris, on 11th April 2013. Thank you for following and sending in your questions, please keep checking back to the ECON+ website for more. 13.29: “If I was a Portuguese depositor, I’d start to worry…” says Davies. But he thinks the “bailing-in” of wholesale bondholders and depositors is “not a bad idea”. 13.28 Davies argues the bail-in of insured depositors is “a very dangerous thing to do”. He makes the … Continue reading Roundtable with Howard Davies
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