S.Korea Child Law Sees More Babies Abandoned
The young woman laboured up the steps, past brightly decorated walls akin to a child's nursery, her daughter in her ...
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Ghana’s Failing Education System Can Be Salvaged By PPPs – IMANI
Yesterday’s Parliamentary debate on basic schools with crumbling buildings and the subsequent revelation by the minister of education of a ...
S. Korea’s Moon Urges Lawmakers To Approve $10 Bn Stimulus Plan
South Korean President Moon Jae-In on Monday urged parliament quickly to approve his $10-billion stimulus plan aimed at tackling youth ...
Improving Adult Skills Can Help Countries Benefit From Globalisation
Providing workers with the right mix of skills, in an increasingly competitive international environment, can help ensure that globalisation translates ...
Ageing Japan Faces Healthcare Crisis
Kanemasa Ito compares caring for his wife Kimiko to waging a daily war with the devil. The woman he loved ...
In Europe, Trump Feels the Heat On Climate
At every stop in Donald Trump's whirlwind of summit meetings in Europe, the issue of climate change -- and the ...
South Korea’s Frustrated Younger Voters Demand Change
Thirty years after South Korea became a democracy, voters born in the period go to the polls Tuesday frustrated over ...
Near All-Male Panel In South Korea’s Presidential Race
When Park Geun-Hye was elected South Korea's first female president five years ago she secured the largest-ever vote share of ...
Rwanda Tops Africa’s Best Performing Institutions, Ghana Is 12th
Rwanda has been ranked as the country with the best performing institutions in Africa. The East African country is followed ...
South Korea To Draw Line Under Park Scandal With Vote
With their last president detained and awaiting trial for corruption, South Koreans go to the polls Tuesday to choose her ...
Trump Cuts Spark Fears of Global Tax War
Donald Trump's plans to slash corporate taxes in the United States have sparked concerns of a new global fiscal race ...
Poland Plans To Turn Universities Into Start-Up Incubators
Dozens of Polish students mill outside the University of Warsaw. Those midway through courses contemplate a second degree or a ...
North Korea Reforming Economy While Denying Change
On the side streets of Pyongyang, small traders sell vegetables from impromptu stalls. At markets, dealers offer imported household goods ...
AMERI Deal Not Only Overpriced But Overpaid, IMANI
Policy think tank Imani Ghana has insisted that not only was the power purchase deal between Ghana and Ameri Energy ...
The AMERI Power Deal Was Overpriced and Over Paid
Due to the growing need for countries to secure power supplies much more quickly than the time it takes for ...
Corporate Giants Hit With $2.2 Bn Australia Tax Bill
Australia on Thursday said it had slapped seven large multinationals with a multi-billion-dollar tax bill as it pursued global firms ...
Germany Rejects US Pressure For Nato Spending Rise
Calls by the Trump administration for Germany and other Nato partners to increase spending on defence have been rejected by ...
Law Firm At Heart of Panama Papers A Shadow of Its Former Self
Panama has a new tourist attraction: the building hosting the offices of the Mossack Fonseca law firm at the heart ...
OECD Warns China On Rising Corporate Debt
The OECD's fresh Economic Survey of China warned Tuesday that financial risks were mounting considerably in the Asian nation on ...
New Zealand’s ‘green’ Image Under Threat
New Zealand's strong economic growth is placing strains on the environment that threaten to undermine its "clean, green" reputation, the ...